I'm thinking of owning a piece of land somewhere in South East Asia and becoming a farmer.

[Travel memoir21]

This idea has been lingering in my head for quite sometime. I'm a writer, I love doing chores and manual labor to stay busy, hopefully I can get a piece of land that is not too far off from the city where I get some resources if I have to. Is this a good idea? Anyone here has experience with this? Where's a good place to start with this? Is gardening a good hobby to start with this?

 

[sevbucmash]

Before you do that you take care of your citizenship in that country, then you can own property and land.

 

[plumber]

is it just a hobby or do you need to earn income ? do you have large or small capital to get started ? what do you think your average day will be like if you do that ? you have spent time in Philippines before, is that the location your thinking ? if yes are you able to own the land (same as @sevbucmash asked). planting a few papaya is very different than managing a sugarcane plantation.