Ryan and his wife, Damo, moved from Bali to a village in Thailand during the pandemic.
They built a small house and an outdoor kitchen for $22,500.
Now, the couple has no housing debt, and their monthly utility bills come out to about $155.
For Ryan and his wife, Damo, the pandemic was a catalyst for a lifestyle change.
Ryan had been working in the hotel industry in Bali, Indonesia, for two years when COVID-19 hit. As tourism on the island came to a standstill, the couple decided to return to Thailand to be closer to their relatives.
They headed to Damo’s village in Buri Ram in east Thailand, where Damo’s family had given them a plot of land.
“We already had this land, and we had planned to develop it in the future for our retirement,” Ryan, 35, told Insider. “But since we had time on our hands, we…
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