If I had to find a place to retire on the cheap it would be Eastern Europe. Probably Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, even maybe Poland (more expensive). You are a hop, skip and jump away from the rest of Europe, Turkey, etc and it's probably just as or more affordable than Asia or Latin America. A doctor in some of those countries earns $250-$300 USD a month. You can live an extremely comfortable life on SS in that part of the world with access to what you mostly are accustom to back in the USA.