What would you miss about Thailand?

[thaibeachlovers]

16 hours ago, Lacessit said:

My Thai GF, definitely.

Regular massages that comparatively cost peanuts.

My friends here.

Genuine Thai food, pad thai goong, pad siew gai, mussuman curry, sai ua sausage.

Looking at the beautiful legs and butts I see in the shopping malls.

My freedom of movement on my scooter, and the ability to park it anywhere I want.

The smile I get when I perform a random act of kindness.

The low penalties for minor breaches of the law.

Renting an apartment at an affordable price.

A climate where I don't have to shiver with cold.

My daily adventures in Thai traffic, excellent antidote to Ahlzheimer's.

Never a GF. I left LOS because of a GF that became my wife. I do miss the BGs though.

Don't like Thai massage- more like torture.

Didn't have, didn't want friends in LOS. Friends I know turn into thieves, and backstabbing b'tards. I was happy with temporary GFs and they moved on when they started to think they were entitled.

Never ate food with chilli. I like Chinese food though. It was cheap there, yum.

Definitely miss the pretty girls in the malls and zipping around on m'bikes. No equivalent here. Lucky to get a smile from a girl here.

I do miss riding in LOS, even though I nearly died doing so.

Definitely loved my 15,000 a month hotel with everything included.

Definitely miss being warm all the time

Don't miss the traffic.

[thaibeachlovers]

4 minutes ago, rott said:

How did you all adjust to life without a bum gun? Or did you take one back with you? 

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Try using a bum gun with really cold water in winter!

[Dustdevil]

15 minutes ago, simon43 said:

Not true, unless there is a historical right of way across your land, (only likely if you own a farm etc).

 

I used to live a few miles from Chequers, the country home of UK prime-ministers.  There's a walking right of way right across their land.  Plenty of police watching you though, just in case ????

I suppose that begs the question, how common are historical right-of-ways?

[Dustdevil]

17 minutes ago, rwill said:

Probably what I would miss the most is cheaper utility bills, cheaper internet and mobile, being able to buy a nice plate of food and a drink for around $1.50, getting an one hour foot massage for $8.  

I rent a one-bedroom apartment in one of the smaller cities in the U.S. and my average utility bill is $68/mo., electricity and gas together. My 250+ mb/s internet is included in the rent of $985. The apt. complex is leafy, with lawns, a duck pond, a pool and other amenities. I don't want to be stuck with some damned house--too illiquid and too hard to move away if I get tired of where I am.

 

 But vis-a-vis Thailand, I also miss sprinting across the street in Chiang Mai and having a nice American breakfast for 35 baht (that was 2 years ago) and for dinner proceeding to a Thai open-air restaurant and having a Thai dinner for 50 baht (with water, no Coke or beer).

[Mac98]

My adorable snd reliable Thai female friends who do so much for me, look out for me, and are all so pleasant to be around. I agree with your full list plus my once a year soapie. 

[lensta]

Nothing.

[smutcakes]

15 hours ago, bwpage3 said:

When I left Thailand I was so relieved I didn't miss a thing.

 

I think one thing people have to understand, using Florida USA where I live now, is there is everything Thai available here as there is in Thailand. The weather in Florida is much better as well. So if you are married and have a family, what is there really to miss if you are giving your family a better life?

 

Not that it concerns me in the slightest but for my wife, not much of a change.

 

Thai people, Thai restaurants, Thai Groceries, Thai Temples. No need to miss all that because it is here. I eat Thai food maybe once a month here, maybe less. 

 

I don't think you can ever replace a Thai massage outside of Thailand though!

 

Eye Candy in Thailand? Come on.  I can tell you one day on a Florida beach, you will see the most beautiful and FIT women you have ever seen. No comparison really. Zero chance so forget it!

 

The air pollution, the droughts, then the floods, electric going off with no warning, water going off with no warning, traffic. No do not miss any of that. 

 

The biggest thing though is almost non-existent stress since I returned.

 

Comfort level is 100% higher in a modern house, easy to get around, any kind of food and beverage you want, tons of car choices, boats, motorcycles, you name it. Sports programming, concerts and events, the beach, being able to build things in a full shop in my garage, speaking English, medical care, etc. Just a whole lot easier.

 

I enjoyed my Thai experience, however, I realized after I got married, there is just so much more to offer here than in Thailand.

 

Now that being said, I am back working in corporate America and I can afford all those things. It would be a totally different story if I couldn't.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah mate, you keep telling yourself you dont miss it....

[Kurtf]

ONLY one thing. The cost of living.

[marquis22]

Stinging insect bites and heat rash.

[4MyEgo]

11 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Both please. I need to make a full evaluation.

 

[rwill]

30 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Don't like Thai massage- more like torture.

I like to call it assisted yoga.  Good stretching exercise.

[Lacessit]

27 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

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Try using a bum gun with really cold water in winter!

I know, I know. When I stay at my son's house in Melbourne, my backside puckers when I pick up the bum gun there.

[bert bloggs]

I  lived in the UK with my Thai wife and our son for many years ,the town i lived in used to be (once upon a time) a nice working class British town ,when we lived there it was shall i say a mixed town ,in the years we were there it became more a foreign town ,when our son went to senior school ,they had to have police on the gates at going home time ,different gangs fighting ,so we sold up and left to come to live here permanantly  ,that was many years ago ,here our son went to a good school then university and now has a great job,we live amongst the Thai community with no problems ,i can drive without worrying if i am doing 34 mph in a 30 mph zone and my car doesnt get broken into ,or my house and nobody stole the wheels off my car the first week i had it.

a few years ago i visited our old home town , to be blunt there were very few  native British people around and while i was there i saw a mugging . went for something to eat ,a sandwich (quite a nice one) cost me 4 pounds 50 pence and a coffee two pounds seventy five . 

now ask me why i prefere it here.

[Fairynuff]

17 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Looking at the beautiful legs and butts I see in the shopping malls.

After reading that line I realised there was no point in reading on

[VocalNeal]

1 hour ago, Dustdevil said:

Correct me if I'm wrong but my impression is that because of England's small geographical size and relatively large population, nature lovers, bird watchers, hikers, etc. are entitled to wander all over your private property if you own land?

All public footpaths are shown on Ordnance Survey maps. When buying a remote country property it is advisable to check the map first. 

I have been on a walk and the footpath goes through someone's front gate. Which is why we couldn't locate it going one way but the next week did the walk in reverse and emerged into someone's garden and was asked not to walk across the grass but go through the orchard.

It is very common for a path to go through a farmyard.

[mickyr55]

17 hours ago, from the home of CC said:

I would miss the fact that even the most full of himself foreigner will always eat a little humble pie here..

I Would miss eating my sweet before the main course then having to wait 20 minutes after everyone else has finished to receive my starter ????????

[pineapple01]

Not seeing Yobs in Chang Vests

[bwpage3]

1 hour ago, smutcakes said:

Yeah mate, you keep telling yourself you dont miss it....

I am pretty sure you can read.

 

I won't be living in a one room flat in Thailand when I retire, you can bet your bottom on that.

[bwpage3]

2 hours ago, UncleMhee said:

In other words, USERS don't burn bridges? Tough luck ol' chap if it gets burnt from the other end!!

Some bridges are meant, and best to be burnt, so that it does leave only YOU; it also puts an end to any silly notions of regret and if only.

Burnt bridges are not for everyone though, especially co dependent people; they'd never cope being truly alone!!

Did it take you long to think that up?

[simon43]

1 hour ago, Dustdevil said:

I suppose that begs the question, how common are historical right-of-ways?

Very common - there are thousands of them and the right to access them is extremely difficult to remove.  But as I said, most are crossing farmland, not your private garden!

[1FinickyOne]

2 hours ago, bwpage3 said:

You trying to make excuses because you cannot own land in Thailand?

 

 

 

 

no... ownership makes no difference to me... I am just a caretaker for a while... everything I buy in Thailand is in my wife's name.. I want nor expect anything back for it... 

[Orton Rd]

The music, nothing else really, maybe the kids who are mostly a delight compared with the ones back home

[Orton Rd]

17 minutes ago, pineapple01 said:

Not seeing Yobs in Chang Vests

With the seemingly compulsary cargo shorts and sandals, what do they keep in all those pockets?

[smutcakes]

8 minutes ago, bwpage3 said:

I am pretty sure you can read.

 

I won't be living in a one room flat in Thailand when I retire, you can bet your bottom on that.

Neither will I, i have my 3 bedroom condo in BKK, and my house in Sarasota. So nothing to worry about, and i still prefer to live here.

[simon43]

50 minutes ago, bert bloggs said:

I  lived in the UK with my Thai wife and our son for many years ,the town i lived in used to be (once upon a time) a nice working class British town ,when we lived there it was shall i say a mixed town ,in the years we were there it became more a foreign town ,when our son went to senior school ,they had to have police on the gates at going home time ,different gangs fighting ,so we sold up and left to come to live here permanantly  ,that was many years ago ,here our son went to a good school then university and now has a great job,we live amongst the Thai community with no problems ,i can drive without worrying if i am doing 34 mph in a 30 mph zone and my car doesnt get broken into ,or my house and nobody stole the wheels off my car the first week i had it.

a few years ago i visited our old home town , to be blunt there were very few  native British people around and while i was there i saw a mugging . went for something to eat ,a sandwich (quite a nice one) cost me 4 pounds 50 pence and a coffee two pounds seventy five . 

now ask me why i prefere it here.

I was born and raised in Leicester in the 60s.  My parents moved me from the government kindergarten school to a private school because no-one was learning English at the kindergarten, just Asian languages!

 

I read in the news that Leicester has a spike in Wuhan Flu because many residents don't speak/understand all the warnings that are in English language.  Streuth!, please don't come to the UK if you can't be bothered to learn to speak the language and follow English customs!!

 

When I lived in Thailand, I went to university to learn Thai language.  When I lived in Myanmar, I learn to speak/read/write conversational Burmese.  Now I live in Laos, I only speak English when teaching online - otherwise I speak Lao, respect the local customs and do nothing to impose any 'Western' views on that country, (So no religious or political preaching etc...).

 

 

[1FinickyOne]

1 hour ago, Dustdevil said:

It's true that there are property taxes, which amount to paying a sort of rent, but how much you pay depends where you are. Believe it or not, property taxes are low in place like rural Pennsylvania and New York--attractively so. And they're so high in Texas that it's not even worth buying a house unless you're rich or willing to stick in one place your whole life. There are algorithms, if you will, that define parameters where it's financially better to rent than to buy. But how can you "buy" in Thailand?? It goes in your Thai spouse's name, and we all know the horror stories.

I lived in both NYC and rural Pa... trust me, there are property taxes... 

 

There are many things that people do here to skirt the 'ownership' issues. For me, it is not important. Everything I purchase here goes in my wife's name only, me having no recourse or claims against it... yes, I could do usurfruct or write a lease or whatever... I consider it a gift... and as a gift, it is her property to do as she wishes... of course, I don't spend my bottom dollar and have plenty left if I am suddenly on my own... 

 

we have purchased farmland for the family too... we don't rent it to them, we let them use it... for me, same deal. I want nothing back from it... 

[Lacessit]

49 minutes ago, Fairynuff said:

After reading that line I realised there was no point in reading on

Don't forget to take your pulpit with you when you leave.

[VocalNeal]

I would miss sunshine and palm trees. Unless I went somewhere else with sunshine and palm trees.

[Lacessit]

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Never a GF. I left LOS because of a GF that became my wife. I do miss the BGs though.

Don't like Thai massage- more like torture.

Didn't have, didn't want friends in LOS. Friends I know turn into thieves, and backstabbing b'tards. I was happy with temporary GFs and they moved on when they started to think they were entitled.

Never ate food with chilli. I like Chinese food though. It was cheap there, yum.

Definitely miss the pretty girls in the malls and zipping around on m'bikes. No equivalent here. Lucky to get a smile from a girl here.

I do miss riding in LOS, even though I nearly died doing so.

Definitely loved my 15,000 a month hotel with everything included.

Definitely miss being warm all the time

Don't miss the traffic.

Possibly you've just been unlucky in your choices. My GF is a jewel.

Thai massage should hurt a little to do any good. The masseuse(r) should be told to back off if it's hurting too much.

My friends here and in Australia are honest people. They don't last long as a friend with me otherwise.

Personally, after Thai food I find Chinese food quite bland. Each to his own.

[keith101]

16 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Hookers.

Most countries have Hookers .

Hookers in Brothels ,

Escort Hookers ,

And the most notorious of them all street Hookers .