Coworking in Southeast Asia / Philippines, Thailand

[Outscape]

Hi everyone,

I'm new to this list, and very excited to see that what I have been
wanting to do
for the last five years now has a name :-)

After working the SF bay area until 2001, I started traveling
(www.outscape.net)
while writing Java (now mostly Ruby/Rails) code for a living.

But I am getting tired of working alone.

I'd like to find places for coworking in Southeast Asia. In particular,
I am going
to be in Thailand in early November -- does anyone have any contacts
there?

Also, together with some wonderful people I met in the Philippines, I'm
planning
on setting up a coworking space in Cebu City.

Cebu is a fast-growing high tech center in the Philippines with
incredibly friendly,
productive, hard-working,english-speaking people, conveniences and
diverse
food choices like California, 130,000 college students, excellent
broadband
connectivity, direct flights to the US, and the possibility of a high
standard
of living for a fraction of the first world cost. There are beaches,
too.. :-)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cebu
http://www.cebucity.gov.ph/

It's my #1 choice to set something like this up, after 5 years of
searching
(and checking out Panama, almost all other countries in Latin America,
India, and China.)

The idea would be to set it up so that there is an (optional) attached
place
to stay.

Who would be interested in working at a place like that for a while?

Getting a better feel for this would really help us in figuring out how
to set this up...

What would be important to you in terms of facilities and location?
High end hostel, 5 start resort, something inbetween? :-)

What would you be worried about before booking a flight to a 3rd world
country
to do this?

Any thoughts for a discussion would be highly appreciated :-)

And, more generally, anyone else out there who has gone international?

Thanks,

-Rick

[Jay dedman]

I personally would love to have a coworking space in the Phillipines
or any place outisde the US. I know many of us travel....and itd be a
good excuse to stay longer if I knew there was reliable internet and
an understanding community.

jay

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[lor...@filmfatale.org]

cebu is where my mom is from!

i haven't been there in 20 years, but i remember it having very
beautiful beaches and everyone was super friendly. if there was a
coworking space set up there, i would be delighted to check it out!

(btw, if anyone finds themselves in cebu, there's a super-specific
kind of sweet treat that i'll need to have you bring back for me.)

mabuhay,

---Lorelei

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[Brad Neuberg]

I have a bunch of contacts in Phuket, off the coast of Thailand. This would be a cool place to setup a coworking space as well, especially since the Thai government promoted the island as a place for computer companies in the past so there is good bandwidth there. There are also beautiful beaches and it is easy to get to, with its own airport. It's also super cheap.

Best,
  Brad

[Brad Neuberg]

Here's some pictures of Phuket btw:

http://www.asiadivesite.com/images/thailand/phuket.jpg
http://www.manaround.com/destinations/fareast/phuket/images/phuket_1.jpg

Brad

>> ( www.outscape.net )

[darius....@gmail.com]

I'd go to Thailand. Sign me up.

I think there's some eco-entrepreneur <a
href="http://sheagunther.org/blog/?p=665">trying to do something in
Thailand</a>, actually. I'll email him and see what he's actually
doing.

darius

[patrick...@gmail.com]

This is exactly the kind of thing I'm looking for. I'm hoping to be
somewhere warm from mid January to beginning of March, considering
Buenos Aires and Wellington New Zealand but finding a pre setup
co-working would certainly be simpler than arriving somewhere and
finding a place to live and cafes to work.

I'd be interested in an attached place to stay too and a location in a
city where you can also find some cafes with wireless to work outside
of the co-working space.

[Desta Star]

HI Patrick Tanguay ,

Perhaps you can consider to Indonesia and specially, Bali. To work and have a vacation.

Come to our place, the First Coworking space on South Bali, Lineuphub. You can work, play PS 4 and our place provided

You can check us on www.lineuphub.co

See you on Bali ;)