Duff Abroad
Retired. Traveling the world on $2,500 a month.

One day I walked out of my dental office and never looked back.

I'm Scott Duff. I sold everything I owned and decided it was time to see this world. Three years later, my address is a rolling list of beach towns and old-world cities — Costa Rica, Albania, Montenegro, Cyprus, Slovakia — all on my Social Security check, about $2,500 a month. This isn't retirement. It's stepping off one path and onto another entirely — same life, different road. Real numbers included.

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Scott Duff waving on the beach in Tamarindo, Costa Rica
Sunset beers, Tamarindo, Costa Rica 🌴
The map so far

5 countries. One Social Security check.

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Letters from the road

The stops

The honest part

Where the $2,500 actually goes

No trust fund, no rental income, no YouTube money. One Social Security deposit on the third of every month. The trick isn't earning more — it's choosing places where $2,500 buys a good life instead of a tight one.

Here's a real month — Tirana, Albania, spring 2025.

One month in Tirana
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