1. Check the average exchange rate online(1 USD=18765 Rp)

2. Go to a window, check their sign or ask them their rate.

3. I was looking for less than 5% commission, this guy quoted 16,500 per dollar, a 1.5% commission over flat exchange.

4. He types and prints out this little receipt to confirm the exchange rate. Usually they'll type it into a calculator and hold it up for you to read.

5. Great rate. He takes my 20, gives me 330,000 Rp, done.

Airport windows/ATMs will charge you 10-20%, in-town ATMs will often charge you 5 to 10%, in-town local money changers will charge you under 5%. Confirm their rate before giving them your money.

This cat is the size of three or four cats.

Did not disappoint, although i tried too many side dishes instead of only sashimi, which is definitely the move here.

The carpaccio sauce rocked.

Sushi Yay! in Yogya, Indonesia

And tbh, I'm getting a takeaway order of tahu cabe garam again from my favorite neighborhood spot afterwards:

I visited last year...no...two years ago! Before the latest ten mmmmillion EV chargers!

And was already shocked at the number of public electric bicycle chargers that had been installed in the 2 years since I had been and the number of EVs on the road. I took rideshares a couple times a week there, and a hundred percent of the cars were EVs.

They're also adding twice as much solar capacity as every other country in the world combined every year.

Not to mention its battery grid storage, which is accelerating crazy. Last December, In one month, China installed 25% of the global battery grid storage installed for all countries over the entire year.

That's craaaazy, I might have to change my plans and angle on over to see the future in Chongqing . And to eat food in Chongqing.

Living abroad is a very attainable goal and comfortable lifestyle.

tldr is get a passport, get any remote job for 10-15 hours a week, move to one of the $500 countries, rest, recuperate, live.

Take it from there without financial pressure weighing you down; build up passive income, get access to better healthcare, great food, world wonders and innumerable other benefits.

If you are a fluent English speaker, you have immediate access to thousands of teaching jobs that pay anywhere from $2000-10000 USD per month.

I’ve been traveling over a decade, helped people move before and am happy to provide advice and encouragement to anybody interested in traveling.

Please ask me any questions about living abroad in the comments, in messages, or in this travel community.

Europe from $16

Africa from $18

Middle East from $58

SEA from $236

NA from $266

Yogya, Indonesia

The currency exchange place literally across the street from the airport will have significantly better rates.

Most places display FX rates on a board in front of or inside their stall, so it's really easy to see the different rates; I have never exchanged money at an airport and got a better deal than outside of the airport. It can be a significant difference, like 20% less in the airport.

There are currency exchange windows in every country and city and you will be able to get a higher rate at those.

If you need to exchange $10 cash to get into the city, go for it, but wait to exchange the rest until you're outside of the airport.

This guy is a Yogya wizarrrd.

Crisp crunchy salted chili tofu.

Four friends I met in Cambodia all left the US after they retired and had no problem for the decade plus each of them were abroad receiving benefits.

In most cases, all you have to do is fill out the SS-7162(proof-of-life) form each year and snail mail it within two months of receiving the form back to the SSA.

There are any number of reliable international courier services to choose from.

Apparently you can also complete proof-of-life with the SSA by phone, although the guys I knew filled out the form and mailed it in each year.

This guy scratched his head a couple times and all I could think was "if I scratched my head with those claws I wouldn't have a head."

They look like black bears from Coraline's "other world".

Yogya Indonesia

Indonesian food is good, but Chinese food has all of my favorite flavors by default and especially fried tofu is one of my favorite snacks from china.

I've also had Indonesian crispy fried tofu and other fried dishes that were very good but not transcendental, so I was not expecting this.

But this tahu cabe garam from Yogya is insane. I won't even be getting the other crispy tofu here I mentioned earlier again; this cabe garam is leagues ahead of it. I literally cannot imagine anything that would improve this dish as a standalone serving of crispy fried tofu.

Whoa! Whoaaaaaa! I think it's the best thing I've had here so far.

I don't even know the last thing I had at all that was this good.

Yogya, Indo.

Apparently I should be saying Indo? Indo food.

The one closer to the camera was more pushy, so they didn't get the last carrot.

Should be fine.

Its raining today.

After talking with some friends over in the running community, I coincidentally found this track that was perfect for barefoot running and exercised for a couple hours.

Asia from $60

Australia from $166

North America from $235

Middle East from $236

Europe from $312

They both looked very content.

Lil creepo

Gembira Loka zoo, Jawa

I was really surprised by how active all of the animals at the zoo were, and they were all super clean and healthy.

These might have been the most active animals I've ever seen at a zoo.

The tiger corral didn't have a roof and did have several trees.

The tiger was actually the only guy chilling, even the lion was looking around and seemed interested.

The leopard was definitely interested in snacks. As soon as there were a few toddlers looking, it ran over to them and then remembered the glass was there.

One mom kept pulling her kid back because the leopard kept looking at her kid so hungry.

I regretted only getting six when three disappeared after the first bite.

I stopped using Duo about 5 years ago when they introduced ai and changed the learning milestones and method. it completely ruined the app for me, incredibly plodfing.

I would go back and try about once every year to see if it improved and it was still terrible until I tried learning Indonesian on it 2 weeks ago.

It feels like the old Duolingo again, and has been pretty fun this week, and I'm definitely learning Indonesian, because I'm at that language learning point people are staring at me wide-eyed and complimenting my Indonesian, confused like.

I actually had a little conversation ordering food today and was able to answer all the questions and actually understand what he was asking me.

Pretty cool.

I hope all of the languages every word into the old style and this isn't just a lucky Indonesian one-off. I used Duo to learn so many languages before it went to crap.

Yogya, Indonesia.

Comes up as a perawan, but we're in jawa, so?

Feel free to school me.