What Do You Miss About Your Home Country

[petercallen]

Dinner with the Governor

Drinks at the Gentlemens club

Hunting with hounds

Fishing in my own private salmon steam

My butler

The list goes on and on

Dont miss the beer happy with Chang ( i have no taste)

[phuketrichard]

I miss the snow and sking.

PLus hanging out in an outdoor spa drinking wine whille the snow falls on a full moon night.

[Patriot]

Nothing; abser-lootly nothing!!

(Reared in the UK)

I feel sorry for you.

No Family?

No Friends?

How long were you reared there?

Hi Majic,

Thanks for your concerns but please don't feel sorry for me.

Firstly "missing" something is an emotion as opposed to "seeing something in preference to".

I left UK in 1985 at 24 for France and Spain and have only been back to UK to visit family. Now I only have one sister who I visit, always overjoyed to see her, but we don't pine on the telephone "missing" each other.

The friends I have made in my 13 years in Thailand and also through my line of work have long since been far more important than those I had in UK the numers of which have really diminished to my life-long(40 years) best buddy who now lives in Nong Khai .. I in Ubon.

I personally do not "miss" anything about UK.

Thanks

Chris

[Peterocket]

London black cabs

You miss London Black cabs?

Black Cab:

Heathrow to Canary Wharf 30km £60...3000 baht

Phuket Taxi:

Phuket airport to Phuket Town 30km....500 baht

I know which I would prefer

[KarenBravo]

4. The lack of public trash bins. Why oh why can there not be trashbins placed around the beach areas to encourage visitors not to leave trash behind?

Public trash bins were removed after the Bali bombings as it was thought they could be used to plant bombs.

[SeanPhuket]

That 'home' feeling,

Sincere friends,

Proper bakeries. Sausage rolls and stuff like a cheese salad and pickle roll to go,

Value for money western food,

Being let by others out when driving,

The list goes on but I think a few weeks is enough over there to want to come back to the lovely and balanced climate and the feeling of FREEDOM!

[ScubaBuddha]

>>>really need to source some Mountain Dew

SB try villa market as they have what BB1950 is looking for, Dr Pepper (48 baht per), and I thought I saw Mt Dew there, but don't quote me on that but I'm sure they can get it.

Yeah I have tried a couple times to get the message to the right person, but no luck yet. Villa Market Phuket has lots of Dr. Pepper at the moment, but it goes fast and doesn't get restocked very quickly, sometimes for several months, like most imported stuff there.

I also miss snow skiing and baseball. (And of course family and a few friends)

[F1fanatic]

Guinness - at a reasonable price....

[LivinLOS]

London black cabs

You miss London Black cabs?

Black Cab:

Heathrow to Canary Wharf 30km £60...3000 baht

Phuket Taxi:

Phuket airport to Phuket Town 30km....500 baht

I know which I would prefer

But why does it matter ?? Back there you can make fortunes easily.. Here you only spend them.

[LivinLOS]

Diversity of pursuits, back there I did paragliding / hang gliding / gliders / skydiving / etc.

Motorsport, both watching local club racing and taking part. Similarly auto related scenes like a day at goodwood festival of speed or goodwood revival. The big shows etc. Cheap sportscars, huge selection of motorbikes at such tiny costs (comparatively) and skilled mechanics who can keep them running.

Second hand market on everything, from high end audio or home theater to whatever other pursuit or interest you might have.

Beer gardens in the summer.. Old school country pubs in the winter

Summer festivals, the rowdy (raves and similar) and the more sophisticated.. Live bands.. New Acts.. Top DJ's.. Comedy clubs..

Entrepreneurial spirit and drive, creating interesting companies and services.

But damned if I will spend a winter there.

[wandrinstar]

I miss White Van Drivers,they keep you awake,Fortuna drivers ain't much good,but they try to copy their style..Also Thai Restaurants in England served smasing nosh, loved it. .Came here to awfull cheap rubbish.Costs a a bloody fortune to get more than 2 Prawns. I miss the fact i cant find much to whinge about here,being a Whingeing Pom. .

[richard_smith237]

I miss wearing jumpers and coats.

[Old Croc]

Availability of good fresh beef and lamb.

The lack of motorcycles. (I once found myself driving around trying to spot a mc just to prove to my visiting gf that we have them in Australia)

Privacy, peace and quiet. (my gf once asked, where are all the people? Although only 6 ks from Perth I lived in a very quiet street)

Good, organised, paid for, healthcare.

Good cheap wine (A glut in recent times made prices very low)

A few mates sharing some good wines over a long friday lunch.

Camping and fishing in remote places in Western Australia.

My Pajero.

[Igaar]

I miss a good stable internet connection - I had an awesome 100mbit connection before I came here.

[somtampet]

The important things i miss are my son,my mum and thats it,have 2 brothers but they get on with their lives,never phone me so i stopped phoning them.The trivial things in life i miss are ermmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm NOTHING.7years here and for the odd food i miss nidnoi,i more than make up with awesome thai food.

The weather

My family

Friends

Safe(very safe i think)

Much better standard of living

The travelling

Cheap,electric,gas,water,community charges,tax,this alone saves me 20,000 baht a month minimum

massages

Much more but i will let someone else do that,as i am so content i couldnt type any more lol

[somtampet]

Nothing; abser-lootly nothing!!

(Reared in the UK)

I feel sorry for you.

No Family?

No Friends?

How long were you reared there?

Why feel sorry for him,i dont,i think its brilliant

[somtampet]

Breakfast at the Dorchester

My daily strolls from Hyde Park to Portobello - Westbourne Grove

London black cabs

Fast internet

Good Gyms

Good looking men in suits

the 4 seasons (not the hotel)

Shopping in Harvey Nicks and Selfridges... and Harrods too!

MONEY!!!!

ps I am heading back home in May.. for good!!!!

You could live in Bangkok,plenty of hi-so farangs,who sounds just like you.Now i remember why i LEFT England 7 years ago

[somtampet]

I miss White Van Drivers,they keep you awake,Fortuna drivers ain't much good,but they try to copy their style..Also Thai Restaurants in England served smasing nosh, loved it. .Came here to awfull cheap rubbish.Costs a a bloody fortune to get more than 2 Prawns. I miss the fact i cant find much to whinge about here,being a Whingeing Pom. .

I assume you are taking the piss,great thai nosh in uk and crap here,surely you cannot be blind as you have typed the post

[Peterocket]

London black cabs

You miss London Black cabs?

Black Cab:

Heathrow to Canary Wharf 30km £60...3000 baht

Phuket Taxi:

Phuket airport to Phuket Town 30km....500 baht

I know which I would prefer

But why does it matter ?? Back there you can make fortunes easily.. Here you only spend them.

Back there you can spend your fortune easily.....mostly on tax

At least here your fortunes last you a long time just like somtampet has pointed out

[wandrinstar]

No im not Food Quality is awfull i dont like peasant food here its just firery gunge..Sigapore is fine, so is Chinease here..OK, im not in Bkk different story:jap: .

[PatLogan]

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[stuandchris]

My daughter

Litter bins

good manners [not Thai bashing farangs are worse]

Fair minded cops not on the take

Autumn

Ice cold stella that stays cold more than thirty seconds

Pastureized milk though Villa now sell it yippeeeeee.

An ok public transport system.

Tradesmen that actually know what they are doing.

Good quality service.

There are loads and loads of things I don't miss though so it all evens out in the end.

[thaibutty]

Despite mostly loving my life here in Phuket there are plenty of thing's that I miss about home, Bavaria near Germany ;-).

Change of seasons

The mountains

Public Transport

Beer Gardens

Fresh Breeze of Air

Outdoor sport without having a heat stroke

Snowboarding

My family

My mom's cooking

[luckylarry]

Good Old Fish and Chips

[Wellington]

Good Old Fish and Chips

more and more we miss the quality and diversity of British TV programmes;

and the ability to freelance by buying and selling from Auctions.

The old villages and pubs and lunches in their gardens in Summer(3 weeks)

Public transport.

The quality of today's supermarkets;Waitrose/M&S/Tesco,/Morrisons;nothing here matches that.

Otherwise we do not miss the weather therefore overall prefer Phuket.

[KarenBravo]

more and more we miss the quality and diversity of British TV programmes;

Not an issue. You can pretty much download anything you want nowadays.

[Jingthing]

more and more we miss the quality and diversity of British TV programmes;

Not an issue. You can pretty much download anything you want nowadays.

thebox is kind of strict with their ratios, though, ha ha.

[HDRIDER]

more and more we miss the quality and diversity of British TV programmes;

Not an issue. You can pretty much download anything you want nowadays.

Just my words, is doing it right now, will be nice to go Offshore with a lot of TV series downloaded 65GB so far in 2 weeks

[KarenBravo]

more and more we miss the quality and diversity of British TV programmes;

Not an issue. You can pretty much download anything you want nowadays.

thebox is kind of strict with their ratios, though, ha ha.

Don't need to use thebox (which is now invitation only).

Plenty of other torrent sites.

[Jingthing]

more and more we miss the quality and diversity of British TV programmes;

Not an issue. You can pretty much download anything you want nowadays.

thebox is kind of strict with their ratios, though, ha ha.

Don't need to use thebox (which is now invitation only).

Plenty of other torrent sites.

Depends on what you want specifically.