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[web fishing]

I'm with you Qatarchic. I'm becoming interested, too. I have some friends who bought something in South America and Thailand. But India is looking good.

[cmp45]

Hi Web fishing and Qatar chic,
Yeah, you would think with a lucrative Saudi Arabian salary I should have it all saved up by now. Trust me, it's just not so cut and dried as all that.
I am managing to put away some for the $$$$ for property. It seems by previous posts and from what I have learned so far the best bet is to pay it all in cash. I was just curious about loans and if it were possible to obtain one; to speed up the process cuz am eager to have a home base. (and yes be in debt again but would be great to have that place to go to every summer and holidays)
Like qatar chic it is still good to investigate and look around. I am rather nomadic at the moment and have to say that traveling during holidays/ school breaks are the big reason for shortage of cash. I guess if I stayed home and never went anywhere and was miserly I could have bought something a few years ago LOL Just not my style.
I guess for the next few years I can continue to enjoy looking around.
If I find any more "proper property" information I will pass it on.
Cheers

[QatarChic]

ooooh! which part of South America did they buy property in web fishing? Sounds interesting

CMP yeah it's funny, most people think that just because you live in the Gulf you make a fortune! It's not necessary the case. But salaries are higher than elsewhere, I admit that.....

[web fishing]

It's in Ecuador. House and farm land for something like$50,000. They said they fell in love with Ecuador after their first visit. I never been anywhere in S. America, I couldn't tell you how lovely it is. It would be ideal to purchase property in S. A. since I'm American. The commute from the US would be less than going to India, and a lot cheaper.

[Justin Trullinger]

Ecuador is lovely, trust me. I'd be wary of property prices, though, as the economy isn't what you'd call stable. It's riding high, on high oil prices, right now, but most experts say the oil will last less than 25 more years. Then, plummeting awaits. Or maybe sooner, as last weeks protests, shutting off oil production, show. The value of anything in this country can go down, or less commonly, up, at the drop of a hat.

Regards,
Justin

[2 over lee]

"One of the most remarkable things about the Chinese is their power of securing the affection of foreigners. Almost all Europeans like China, both those who come only as tourists and those who live there for many years. In spite of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance, I can recall hardly a single Englishman in the Far East who liked the Japanese as well as the Chinese. Those who have lived long among them tend to acquire their outlook and their standards."

Bertrand Russell, 'The Problem of China'.

I think you left this out of your original quote Zero.

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13940/13940-h/13940-h.htm#CHAPTER_XII

[Zero Hero]

The excerpt you quote does not fall between the first and last word of the passage I quoted. Therefore I did not 'leave it out'.

Working by your 'logic', I 'left out' the rest of the book.

[QatarChic]

$50 000 for land and a house?
Wow- not bad at all!

I have seen property in Fez- located amongst hills and streams for around �20, 000...around humm in $...I dunnno you could check on xe dot com

Get this, in the UK you get a teeny weeny apartment, with one bedroom and prices start from �90, 000 and people wonder why Brits move abroad to buy property.....

[ContemporaryDog]