Gerald Hogg

Originally from the UK, Gerald moved to Australia in 1974. Since then he has travelled the world working in hotels and restaurants, gold mines, cruise ships, Antarctic supply ships, custom patrol vessels, rig tenders, and oil tankers. Gerald has also lived in Jamaica, Bermuda, Singapore, the Falkland Islands, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and the USA. He has now retired to Thailand where he lives on the island of Koh Samui and travels extensively throughout SE Asia. To keep active and to pursue his love of travel Gerald has also written three travel books in his Retirees Travel Guide Series. Book one in the retiree series “The Retire in Thailand Handbook (the first six months)”, is a step by step guide for expat retirees and baby boomers, who may be considering retiring to Thailand, where their pensions will stretch much further than it does in their home countries and where the climate is wonderful for most months of the year. One of the main reasons Gerald wrote this book was to help future retirees avoid the pitfalls and frustrations that always arise when moving to live in another country. Book two in the retiree series of travel books is “The Retirees Guide to Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Laos”. This book takes the reader on a two-month journey that Gerald embarked on as a retiree to four exciting South-East Asian countries Book three in the retiree series of travel books is “Same Same But Different” is a journal of a four-week road trip that he took driving throughout Thailand, looking for the best cities and towns for expats to retire to within the country. Book four in the retiree travel series: Gerald is currently travelling and doing research for The Retirees Guide to Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore and Bali. Gerald has also written a biography: You will never amount to anything. This book revolves around the hateful words one of his teachers said to him on the day that he left school for the last time at fifteen years of age. It takes the reader on a lifelong journey around the world, to prove that his teacher was wrong and that anyone can have a successful and exciting life with the right motivation and the will to succeed. All of Gerald’s books are available through Amazon. Two of Gerald’s books, You Will Never Amount To Anything and The Retire In Thailand Handbook have been accepted for worldwide publication by Austin Macauley publishers and are due to be released in bookstores in late in 2019. Gerald’s other two books have also been accepted for publication by Austin Macauley.