I coulda set my cap for Thailand, my ex-wife was willing to make the required representations with family, land and village etc. to get me some sort of marriage residence.
But the constant reports of going cap in hand, to the authorities to report and give them buckets of photocopies, of stuff they already have, put me off.
Fate smiled on me and pushed me out into the road, and thence into glare of the headlights, of MLG who, for some reason, reciprocated my feelings.
As it is, there is a possibility of a marriage visa in Laos and with MLG's government connections, it should be relatively easy, a chore, but a smooth one.
However, USD600 gets you a work visa with an employer for a year and you can come and go like a butterfly, so the delights and attractions of LOS are but a train, bus, or drive, from Laos. Then $600 next year and so on.
So yes, if I had a million dollars I'd not only live in Laos, but have a beach shack in Cambodia or Burma.
2 more years and I'll be Laos permanently-ish. MLG has made great strides in getting the house tiled, 'lectricted and so on. She's back tomorrow.