Big Island vs. Taiwan

[Rob L]

John, thanks for all the information! I have been doing similar calculations in my head. When I lived in Mongolia I was thinking of retiring in Hawaii. (No one thinks about retiring in Mongolia, just dying.) But, now I live in Indonesia and have an Indonesian boyfriend. Foreigners can't own land in their own name in Indonesia, but I have been thinking more about retiring in Asia, where as you say, the cost of living is so much lower, medical care is amazingly lower and the level of service is so much higher. Maybe I will explore Malaysia as a possibility. The Malay language is almost the same as Indonesian, and as you say the official language is English.

I couldn't connect to the two Malasia links you gave. The first one said it was still under construction.

Aloha,
Rob L