Not sure why you got downvoted. I travelled SEA and did some freelancing at Swiss rates. Now I live in Switzerland and earn internationally.

By far the best I could do for my mental health once the wage slave thought took over.

How did you find clients?

Upwork. However I sent like 20-50 way to detailed 'offers' for every client which was unpaid, frustrating and boring.

Also the platform only got worse over the years in my opinion. I haven't done freelancing in a while but last time I tried I got way more competitors working for even less.

However I didn't need many gigs at a Swiss hourly rate to have a nice time in SEA