I'm going to share with all of you the best kept secret in the world. Seriously. The BEST place to go expating is:
SINAI.
None of you have heard of it because you are all products of the American imperialist system which is designed to produce ignorant sheeple. Heck you don't even know what real music is because all the American stations play is rap. But I digress

Back to Sinai. Amazing because:
1) though not like 10 years ago, it is still relatively cheap
2) one of the best diving spots in the world
3) sensational beaches
4) tons of hot tourists year round (mostly German and Scandinavian blondes)
5) reasonable infrastructure
6) you can be Mubarak's neighbor (he is there since leaving Egypt)
I have read all the threads on expating and always kept the secret to myself, but I just let the cat out of the bag.
Say thank you.
*** Caveat: I have no experience with the international banking situation.
*** Caveat 2: For those of you don't like Arabs (no shame in that) most of the ones in the area are Egyptian Bedouins, a totally different type. Think of them as the Rastafarians of the Islamic world. No joke.