No more residence at sea

21.1 yrs
~ 8 hrs ago

The Villa Vie's Odyssey has asked passengers to disembark for at least 60 days while they try to financially restructure.

Residents have just gotten off in Cambodia.

How would you feel to optimistically stay in Cambodia for two months, would you journey onwards or set permanent roots away from the ship?

Chickadee, KanKan and Rocketgirl13 + 2 more reacted

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9.2 yrs
~ 8 hrs ago

#msg6040990No more residence at sea The Villa Vie's Odyssey has asked passengers to disembark for at least 60 days while they try to financially restructure. Residents have just gotten off in Cambodia. How would you feel to optimistically stay in Cambodia for two months, would you journey onwards or set permanent roots away from the ship?

Annie : I'd take the chance to visit Angkor Wat, then hike west and spend my 2 mos. in Thailand, hang out with my daughter-in-law's parents.

Chickadee, NeenaC0629 and BELIEVE reacted

21.8 yrs
~ 8 hrs ago

Annie :
Cambodia might be interesting for two months, but would be a little rough to live there permanently….it's one of the lowest GDP per capita countries in all of Asia…only about 1/3rd that of Thailand, for example…

BELIEVE reacted

~ 7 hrs ago

Joe :
My Thai friends say that both Cambodia ans Laos are too old Cambodia and Laos They concur that foreigners have been a diversity from tradition influence for the better. The fact hat they US educated may prejudice them.

BELIEVE reacted

21.1 yrs
~ 7 hrs ago

I'm thinking if I were fortunate enough financially that I could live on this ship, I would likely fly somewhere else in the vicinity and find a rental. Like others, Thailand is appealing to me. I was lucky enough to visit friends who were in oil/gas in the outskirts of Bangkok.

For me the biggest question would be how long to not put down roots. I love to travel but unsure how long I would want to be in a journey. At least with "my" cabin on the ship, it is something that I own and can fully relax in my own space.

I'm interested to hear what becomes of the ship and its residents.

BELIEVE and Joe reacted

19.4 yrs
~ 5 hrs ago

Same here. Id head to Thailand or the Philippines and find roots.

Joe reacted

8.2 yrs
~ 3 hrs, 2 mins ago

Annie :
Big Nope for me. When is the next flight somewhere… anywhere else.

BELIEVE reacted

3.4 yrs
~ 2 hrs, 55 mins ago

Joe , would you move to the Philippines?

On a sidenote, when I was in grade school, we had a family from the Philippines lived on our street. They had no name other than the Filipinos. They had a birthday party invited the block cooked their native food and we all had a great time. That's a memory from 70 years ago. I can't remember what I go into the next room for though.

Chickadee reacted

~ 1 hr, 48 mins ago

NeenaC0629

Annie :
France and Europe and Belize and Central American counties advertise to get folks to move there...Live on your SS, low low rent, minimal health care cost or none at all , and you will have SS money left over. I read about the perment boat cruises ... Some friends I spoke with a few weeks ago are considering the options in a few years when he retires. Sounds enticing. And what about the ads to get a passport say from Ireland and elsewhere.. lures everywhere