Best Places to Retire

Retire to Malaysia

Malaysia is yet another place where you could choose to retire and follow a lifestyle that is almost too good to be true.

If you are fed up with bad weather, worried about the rising cost of living and worried about security, you could say it's time for a change of scene.

So even if you have strong links to the place where you have lived many years of your life, maybe it's time to take the plunge and see what's out there for the taking.

Malaysia will offer you the best of a tropical climate, with beautiful scenery around you and a friendly local population.

After the gloomy weather conditions you've been accustomed to back home, here is your chance to bask in the sunshine without a care in the world.

Doesn't that sound a little too perfect?

Malaysia offers a program to all foreign residents who would like to settle down in the country over the long term or even retire there.

Taking the cost of a burger as an example, it is far cheaper than what you would end up paying for the same thing in the US for example.

Take a look at basic living conditions and amenities available to you -- about 66,000 kms of excellent roads, made up of different kinds of highways; fixed line communications even for remote areas; extensive health care facilities, including public and private hospitals that are equipped to perform complex surgical procedures at reasonable prices; wonderful sights such as the Petronas Towers, the Genting Highlands, the Niah Caves and Mount Kinabalu, to name just a few which will take your breath away.

The country also has well developed educational systems with good international schools where the medium of instruction is English.

You'll also find private colleges and major educational institutions from around the world.

There is a wide range of different kinds of residential accommodation here -- apartments, condominiums, bungalows, semi-detached and terraced houses.