What do you wish you had brought with you when you Relocated to Thailand

[Pilotman]

For me its:

 

All my garden tools.  I can only replace them here with very inferior products.

All of our kitchen pots and pans.

Tools of all kinds

A new ipad

Our chain saw

Knives, the ones here are rubbish

The washing machine

The dish washer

Decent T shirts and shorts that actually fit.

A suit

My motorbike

My sense of fun

My kids

 

I'm sure that this is not a exhaustive list. I will think of many other bits and pieces over time. 

 

 

[johng]

The 4 seasons   Winter,Spring,Summer and Autumn

and some Dr Martins boots ????

[baansgr]

2 suitcases of money instead of only the one....

[bkk6060]

I sold or gave away every last thing in my home country.

House, car, furniture, everything.

I came here with absolutely one suitcase.

It contained some clothes and important papers.

The last thing I want to do in my older years is accumulate things.

I had ¨stuff¨ all my life and wanted no more burden of any of it.

So glad I did.  The only thing of significance I have purchased here is a motorbike and 7 golf clubs.  Even then, it took me a few years to commit.

I guess I am a minimalist.  The less things the better for me less stress and makes life so much happier.

 

Edited July 10, 2020 by bkk6060

[dodgybros]

double ended sister twister, and maybe some cordless power tools ????

[nikmar]

17 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

A suit

in this weather???

 

I wish id bought some common sense as i went a bit mental when i first arrived.

 

Edited July 10, 2020 by nikmar

[CGW]

20 minutes ago, johng said:

The 4 seasons   Winter,Spring,Summer and Autumn

Wouldn't that be pleasant! the winters would preferably just be a week or so though! The winters in Isan are cold enough for me, just short and unpredictable, houses here not built with cold in mind.

Apart from the decent quality garden tools, near everything else on the OP list is available here, just a pain locating and much more expensive, not so sure about the "kids"! ???? 

Be nice if we could buy a tax free car here every ten years like you can in Malaysia on a retirement visa!

[A1Str8]

More condoms

[baansgr]

47 minutes ago, A1Str8 said:

More condoms

If you need any, I always get mine flown in from Nigeria, can order a few packs for you. Sizes 58 upwards

[Kwasaki]

1 hour ago, Pilotman said:

I'm sure that this is not a exhaustive list. I will think of many other bits and pieces over time.

I had the 2 years to plan what I wanted to bring here and what I could in all sensibility bring here so I'd had already done my wish list.

[mr mr]

a life. 

[Tarteso]

A bag with Passport, Cards and brush of teeth.

[ThailandRyan]

My two double recliner sofas and my European king size number bed with elevating incline for the upper body.  To damned expensive here to replace them.

[GreasyFingers]

Most of the things you mention I have bought here, Chinese of course, but all work and at the price they can easily be replaced. Bought a new computer here with English and Thai keyboard that is great when the family want to tell me something that they/I do not understand.But:

I would love to have a gas BBQ with a solid metal plate and not pay $800-$1000 for one with only a grill. I think the last one I bought back home was $200.

[Rookiescot]

My Landrover.

Really miss the old girl.

[Grumpy John]

2 hours ago, baansgr said:

2 suitcases of money instead of only the one....

I could live like a King when one Aussie scholar bought 32.50 baht so I left my money in the bank in Oz.  Wrong move!  Hindsight is a wonderful thing....agreed?  ????

[anterian]

My workshop and my library. 

[Oxx]

A lifetime's supply of Marmite and Branston Pickle.

[Leaver]

A shipping container full of cheese and wine.  

[Meat Pie 47]

My Brain?

[timendres]

My LaPavoni Europiccola. Came here with two suitcases, and 10 years later, this is the only thing that I cannot replace.

[moontang]

Cigars are even more valuable than wine, here.  My last washing machine in the US was a Maytag, high rpm...cost me 380 us after electric company 50 dollar rebate.  Would cost 40k+ here.  I do use Tide detergent, but the washers mostly suck, including the Sgerman front loaders.

[bodga]

my  diy  lobotomy  kit!

[Davo369]

My teddy bear 

[Damrongsak]

Pilotman, I'm in the USA and don't think I'll ever get back on a semi-permanent basis.  I can sympathize:

 

For me its:

 

All my garden tools.  I can only replace them here with very inferior products.

I've bought/collected/inherited some marvelous garden tools over the years. One in particular is a heavy-duty professional nursery spade for transplanting trees and shrubs. Steel-strapped tropical hardwood D-handle.  Somewhat lesser models are still available but they are over 4,000 baht. And I have some top-notch pruners/loppers/saws.

 

All of our kitchen pots and pans.

My wife shipped back a bunch of decent pots and pans a few years ago when she went to visit for an extended period. 

 

Tools of all kinds

I have a two car garage full of tools collected over about 50 years. 1/2 dozen welders, table/radial arm/band saws, a couple drill presses, two metal lathes and a 2,400 Lb vertical mill. Wrenches, sockets, screwdrivers, air tools, sanders, drills, wood planes and a jointer. Two air compressors, etc.  Heck, I have about 65 different hammers that I am fond of.

 

...Knives, the ones here are rubbish

Modern kitchen knives there seem to be junky, and imports expensive. I like the old Thai knives, especially the big choppers, but they do rust.  I have a 40+ year collection of hand-forged Thai and Hmong knives that I wouldn't want to part with.  I worked with some of the folks who made them. 

 

The washing machine

I knew a guy who moved to Thailand many years back and brought in a container of household stuff that included a washing machine. He hid the pieces of a 1911A1 .45 ACP handgun in the washer.  ????

 

 

Edited July 11, 2020 by Damrongsak

[Davo369]

My action man.... Eagle eyes

[orang37]

Sanity.

 

~o:37;

[davemos]

BBQ available in K village just off Rama 4. All types ..

[Tracyb]

Good quality bed sheets!

[mrmicbkktxl]

A lifetime supply of cheese,wine,real XL cotton t-shirts,and European spring time,and of course my MB car,but since I'm over 20 years already the car would be probably died already