From IL I once got a very good link to a huge Brit bank (English speaking)and their Austrian branch. Austria has some of the toughest secrecy laws– not for crime, just to secure malicious stuff.

I take it as the oral culture of offshore life and what helps me get other opinions into my thinking. It's targetted toward the 6 figure, not overly bright probably corporate veteran and dreamer.

Forinstance– long before the terrorism scares I had figured out, without paying money out in books or lawyers, that the best way to avoid taxes was/is to take ones profits, no matter how small, offshore after paying the tax on it and go into business locally. As an American, you are still assessed taxes on what you make anywhere in the world, but your foreign corp isn't. like that.

They run a good travel writing thing, so ou get some good writers and interesting folks in the community. Easy to roll with that and find a few folks.

Not sure I will be making £100 a day so no rock star life for me.

1) Cheap. I mean it's RIDICULOUSLY cheap to live there. And I stayed in Bangkok which is already considered expensive by Thai standards. You can even stay in other places like "Sin City" Pattaya, or Chiang Mai etc, that are cheaper still. You can literally live like a rock star with just 100 bucks a day … all in. And most full-time affiliate marketers earn much more than that.

2) Great food.

3) Awesome places to visit. I only scratched the surface of Thailand. There are tons of islands with idyllic beaches, cities to check out, etc.

4) Friendly people. Thailand ain't called the Land Of Smiles for nothing.

5) Hot chicks.

I'm still undecided as to whether I should go back there for a few months, or try Vietnam this time round. Or maybe Bali.