moving to goa

ray

Hello everybody,
I'm a new kid on the block
I wonder if my wife and I move to goa to settle and getting Rs 60.000
per month as a pension, what kind of life we can expect

ddutta

Welcome to IM. With Rs.60,000/= per month you will live life king size : in India (except Mumbai ).

steven_ber

OK, second attempt (I HATE INTERNET CAFE'S)

Hi Ray & welcome to indiamike.com

You have come to the right place for info, other members of this site have spent lots of time in north and south Goa.

Rs 60 000 a month will get you a good life and leave plenty of money left over.

If you want good information you will have to give a lot more information.


Where in Goa do you want to live?

Why?

Have you been to Goa/India before?

Where?

When?

What do you like?

What would you rather avoid?

Do you like the monsoon?

Do you drink?

Do you want to buy a place to live?

Do you want to run a hotel/guesthouse?

Do you know local people in Goa?

__________________
.
How to get helpful replies to your transport/Itinerary questions.



Train information.

ray

Thanks Ddutta & Steve Ber for Your quick reply.
Steve wanted more info, so here it comes;
-Where: South-Goa, the Margao, Benaulim surroundings
-Why: We want to have a lay-back life without working (2-3 days a week
as volunteer for animal rescue, if they want us)
-NOoo, we haven't been there, but we aren't crazy, maybe we are ? I've been living for 2Yrs. in California,2Yrs;Kenia,1Yr.The Gambia, 8Yrs Spain,
3Yrs. Russia, Yrs. Norway and 1 in Sweden, Jane has had her share of living,
wotking and travelling to, so we adapt quickly.
-What we like are the good (bad) things in life.
-We want to avoid problems with the authoryties.
-Do we like Monsoon, what can be worse than winters (6 months) in Russia &
Scandinavia ??
Also more ???? coming up : Residence-perm., Housing ( long term rent),
Health-Insurance, etc.
Thanks a lot Guys & Girls

eater

Steven ber.....I would appreciate your thoughts on my desire to settle in Mumbai........ on 1 lakh rupees per month,

I have been to Mumbai before,

I want to live in Mumbai because of the lifestyle (weather, food, culture, house help available?), And, use Mumbai as a base for short trips to other parts of India.

would like to live near Juhu beach or north of,

I would like to avoid the monsoons (move to other parts in India during this? or back to Canada for 6 months?)

I know some local people there

I would consider/prefer to buy a flat there (I have no idea what this would cost).

I may do substitute teaching, not necessarily for income.

Would appreciate suggestions, thoughts, comments from all, esp from those who may have done it and then reverted back to their own country........

wonderwomanusa

Y'all better work on those visas for India first, before you get involved with your plans. It's very hard to get a permit to stay there for more than six months -- just as hard as it is for an Indian to stay in our countries for longer than a tourist visa.

eater

Quite right,wonderwomanusa, one step at a time....just posted a PIO application....but there is so much planning to do.

The more information I can lock up...the better the trip. Txs.

Digital Drifter

If it means anything to you, the BBC has a programme on channel 2 at 6 GMT(I think) about British expats relocating to India, specifically Goa. This is supposed to end this week. If you can snag the tapes of the previous episodes from someone in the UK, you might get a rough idea of how things are.

At 60K, you'd be comfortably off from the 2nd year onwards. er... the first year, you're most likely to overshoot your budget because of your unfamiliarity of Indian Babudum (in triplicate). We will launch satellites and missiles and even nuclear weapons but to register your house/motorcycle will require a small mountain of paperwork with an equal amount of sweat from your side. :-) Rest assured, we aren't racist, as Indians, we too undergo the same torture!

Once you're past the paperwork, you can effectively disappear from big brother's radar!

cheers,
Digital Drifter