HELP....I am addicted to travelling and cannot settle down again in a house

i enjoyed reading your opinion living, your obviously very outgoing, and you have a base, which i'm sure gives you confidence, i also think campervanman must read it, i think a small base somewhere would help his confidence, after all i have one

Thanks for an interesting thread. Are you sure you want to settle somewhere? - if so it will be the local people who will make the place worth staying, not the scenery or the sunsets (that's what you go travelling for). Language will be important so you can communicate and let others get to know you. I like #7's idea of finding somewhere to hang out for a bit, but I would add finding a way of meeting the locals, getting into conversation and see what sort of response you get and then you'll find out whether the place is worth stopping a bit longer.

I completely disagree with post #9 in that from my personal experience, should I have a major medical problem, Canada is one of the last places I would choose for quality medical care. Might be mainly free but one gets what they pay for!

I suggest you take a hard look at the nursing homes "I paid for all those years" & ask if they give you even $1/day spending money out of your social security check they seize once you sign in. The majority I wouldn't put my dog in.

Don't know if I will stay in CA or return to Asia but one thing is certain, I will NOT be in Canada when/if I need care!

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Well Busman, I am very pleased with the healthcare I've gotten in Canada. I had an ankle fusion 6 years ago that is brilliant. My knee replacement a year ago is equally great. Canadians grouch about wait lists but I've never heard them grouch about the quality of our medical professionals. I cannot imagine where you are gong to find better ...and don't say the US. My husband's side of the family are Americans and I don't see them getting any better care than we Canadians - and at a huge cost. My cousins are paying $800 per month for their medical insurance and that only covers basic hospital/doctor care and has a deductible. And its easy to see why - the system totally rips everyone off. When my cousin broke her arm they kept her in hospital for 3 days. No surgery, nothing specifically wrong ....just to run up the tab. They kept her in a private hospital room in bed in a gown ...I could not believe it.

As to nursing homes - they vary in quality as they do everywhere in the world. The government subsidized homes are less posh than those you pay $7000 a month for, certainly. But they are considerably nicer than where you would end up in a 3rd world country - in the gutter. So yes, I am planning to fund my own old age care but if the world economy takes another dive in the next ten years and wipes me out ...well, I'll be glad to be in Canada. I've had two elderly parents in government care and I was satisfied with the care they received - clean and attractive private accomodations, nourishing food, social activities and staff who were fond of them. Yes, the government took 90% of their base level government pension ($900 per month) and they paid for the extras out of savings. It's not the way I hope to go out and you are right, there are lousy places ...that's where its important to have family around to advocate for you when you are too old/ill to do it for yourself.

Well I went to my family doctor when lost most of the feeling in a couple fingers in my right hand, he tested me for corporal tunnel (the in thing at the time) messed around accomplishing nothing for about 3 months. Then one night my right leg gave out, called an ambulance to go to emerg, doc on call said nothing wrong, go home, when I refused he called another one who came to the conclusion that I had suffered a major stroke & admitted me, won't go into the abysmal treatment I received for 5 days before checking myself out.

When mother's dementia started getting bad the good nursing home she was in sent her to the hospital where she was illegally (never asked permission from person with POA) resulting in an infection that lasted over 3 months & was only cleared up here in El Salvador.

Yeah right fantastic system with quack doctors that must of gotten their licenses out of a Cracker Jack box!!!

Lots of countries in the world have a major medical tourism industry staffed with doctors that at least would know the symptoms of a stroke. The moron I was seeing had a really intelligent answer when I confronted him about being incompetent "well you had never been sick before. How was I supposed to know what was wrong with you?:" DUH only in Crapanada EH!!!

FYI , I will overlook your statement about the gutter as it was made due to ignorance, (BTW 3rd world country isn't a politically correct term) I can get 24/7 quality care here & still pay the house upkeep with my social security check, with more left over than I would in Crapanada + have the services of a doctor who actually attended class in medical school!

Actually a "--a 3rd world country - in the gutter." would be preferable to a lot of nursing homes I've run across in Crapanada!!!

Different strokes for different folks, you can sit up in that cold country freezing, no skin off my back. I prefer the palm trees & the company of others that have seen the light & come to paradise!

And speaking for Canadians far and wide ....we are so happy that you've chosen to live where you do.

OP why can't you keep travelling forever? I recommend that you pour yourself a nice glass of wine and sit quietly, sipping said wine, until this unfortunate mood passes. Trust me, it will.

If you're tired of the places you have been frequenting, you could try selling your van in Europe and coming to the Antipodes to buy another one - then you could join the happy band of (very respectable) Grey Nomads.

campervanman try travel companions it's on the tt, ive seen a few people try a travel companion, and i'm told with good results, good luck

Interesting thread!

Try an online dating site!