I completed my move last week to live (hopefully long-term) in a small town on the banks of the Mekong river.
I've spent the last few days finding my bearings and checking out the local supermarket/shopping centre.
It's about 12 years since I last visited this town. On that occasion, I saw no 'farangs'. This time I've spotted quite a few foreigners.
But at first sight they all (all of them!) look... well ... not quite in tip-top shape.
- I saw 2 morbidly obese guys struggling to walk in the supermarket with their Isaan wives in tow
- I saw another obese guy who was dribbling and appeared to be mentally sub-normal
- Yet another guy who hadn't shaved nor cut his hair in years, looking like he had just come out of a jungle
- Several elderly 'gentlemen' wearing shorts and sandals with socks, with not the slightest smile or look of contentment on their faces.
Basically, every foreigner that I spotted looked overweight, unfit, mad or miserable.
I'll spare naming the town in case any of those sad twats are TD members......