The Retired Travelers

When we first arrived in Bangkok, Thailand, we saw that all the locals were able to pay by QR code. We asked around a bit and the basic answer was you needed to have a local bank account to be able to use an app to pay. As US citizens traveling abroad, we wouldn’t have local bank accounts in each country we visit. We didn’t think much more about it. Until we joined a retired nomad Facebook group and went to our first meet up in Da Nang, Vietnam. That was when our life changed. Dramatic, but true. As we chatted about favorite spots in Southeast Asia, the best local foods, and the…