Never felt like so cut off from the world

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Never felt like so cut off from the world

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The realisation's sinking in suddenly that I'm not going to get to south east Asia again this winter.

For all I know I might never get the chance to go back.

I've been very lucky to see the world. I've been just about everywhere.

I've also lived in UAE, and for very short periods in Oman and Hong Kong.

I'm currently in Greece, just floating around. As a Brit we could be cut off even from here in a few weeks.

And I really feel increasingly cut off from the wider world. Covid is obviously a massive part in that, but increasing red tape makes it ever more difficult to find a job overseas.

I feel like I have no choice but to go back to my country, and to save Cambodia in a little piece of my heart and my memory, and if things go really well maybe I will get the chance to return one day and remember my travelling days and the feeling of belonging I finally found in some far flung corner of the globe.

I have always felt sorry for some girls in Cambodia, like they were stuck in this lawless place cut off from the rest of the world. But all of a sudden it seems like they are the ones in the right place, in their beautiful country, and it is us who are the ones who have been cut off and set adrift.
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profound and true
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The girls are always greener, etc.

I know, I know.
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Re: Never felt like so cut off from the world

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I'd love to cut off the world.

Who needs cancer?
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Nobody cares about us bloke's only the girls
I'm standing up, so I must be straight.
What's a poor man do when the blues keep following him around.(Smoking Dynamite)
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Re: Never felt like so cut off from the world

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Missus keeps me from losing the plot on daily basis.
Probably the only thing from keeping me from losing the plot. Otherwise oppressive loneliness.

Love to hear her preparing for life in western world - exercising like a gym rat, preparing for beauty photo shoot, refresher course in driving an automobile, looking into firearms training. All the while whining that she’s doing ‘nothing’.

Hang in there everyone!
There must be an ending at some point in time!
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Photo shoot, firearms training. Got it.
Don’t listen to Chinese whispers.
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Re: Never felt like so cut off from the world

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I suspect you will have a chance to return.
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Re: Never felt like so cut off from the world

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When migrating to the US, is firearms training compulsory or just highly recommended?
Is there a booth at the airport to get an open-carry license, and buy a decent piece?
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Re: Never felt like so cut off from the world

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We hand out pistols at the immigration counter.

"Here's your 45, sir. Welcome to America!"
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