I hate to say this again, but I still haven't seen a response to my biggest concern about the West and moving back. The rapidly rising cost of living. People keep saying it's great and that the kids like it and all, but what about costs? Even Bubble T admits to making 6 figures and can't save any m...

bubble, the classic, "right time...right place" :-) what year did u arrive in Cambodia? '03. I'd read a book called Pot Planet by Brian Preston which was about people's experiences buying and smoking weed in various sticky situations around the world and there was a brief line in it about...

Do you feel you have a book in you? It's a pretty unique life story you have. During the KiR days the expat rumor mill was at full steam and I heard many a wild tale, more than a few which included you. There were some wild times indeed. The thought of writing a book has certainly crossed my mind b...

@Bubble T your story is fascinating how you arrived to Cambodia age 17 and spent most of your adult life here and then was able to land back in Britain and earn well above the average. If you care to share - how did you do it? You must have accumulated a lot of skill and developed quite the CV whil...

I couldn't have worded my thoughts better than Bitte_Kein_Lexus so won't even try, but I'd add that I found the way my son was treated in Cambodia difficult to watch and didn't want him to have to grow up that way. He's white with blondish hair but Khmer eyes and nose. Everywhere we went people woul...

As someone who has never lived in the west before as an adult, getting used to the practicalities of day to day living and getting things done here was a struggle and I was under the mistaken impression that I’d be able to save more of my income than I actually can because I under estimated how muc...

Please elaborate. As someone who has never lived in the west before as an adult, getting used to the practicalities of day to day living and getting things done here was a struggle and I was under the mistaken impression that I’d be able to save more of my income than I actually can because I under...

For context, I moved to Cambodia at 17 and returned to England at 34 with my partner and our son having never lived outside of Cambodia as an adult before. It's been very difficult for me and the only reason I've survived it and made it work is that I already had a decent job working remotely so I h...

We’ve been living in England with our three and a half year old son for little over a year and a half so far. We live in a quaint little village in the Lake District about 10 minutes drive from Windermere. She loves it. She misses her parents as to be expected, and occasionally misses prahok enough ...

I did one of these for my son’s passport. The first questions were to establish that I’m really me (where was I born, what school did I go to etc). Then questions about when I moved to Cambodia and my relationship with his mother. Then she looked at the photos of him that we’d provided, commented on...