Yes, if you're scoping young chicks in an impoverished country and you're the fat old perceivably richer foreign guy. Other than that, all that a "noticeable" age difference does is shift your style a bit. (By noticeable, I mean at least 10 years difference)

expat, seriously . . . I have nothing against "The Old man with Deep Wallets in a Poor Foreign Country Game" but damn it, must you continue to preach your "flip her a few bucks game" to blanket every single situation out there? I mean come on . . . the OP is a 22 year old chatting up 25 year olds.

If you had no game with the older ladies or ladies your age when you were a lad in the States, then just leave it at that and let others who know something about this situation write about it. The venting of your past frustrations on this forum is becoming a real eye sore. . .