Pendleman

After many years in Thailand I chose France for free schoolis for our then 4yr old & no visa hassles for the missus. We loved it but now its 6 years on its not so exciting anymore. But I think thats human nature, grass is greener etc, once things get routine & mundane. The missus prefers the UK cos there friendly & speak English. But after 2 weeks & a few pub visits, had the fish n'chips & pork pies etc the negatives of England come creeping back, the wind& rain, the speed limits & fear in everyone of hvng a drink &been over the limit. Cars &people everywhere, leave one town another starts. So we'll stay in France but as soon as our daughter finishes university its 50/50 with Thailand for us. But if &when something happens to me the missus would be back to Issaan like a shot, dont reckon she'd stay for the funeral! I miss the banter of strangers & mates alike in Thailand. The funny thing is as I sit here surrounded by stunning scenery fridge full of lovely french food I dream of us moving back to this 2 ri block back in her village & what trees we'll ask her mother to plant for us etc. Yet when we lived in Thailand I hated the village, 3 days was enough now im sat here pate, salami & beer in hand dreaming of the place! As my grandad used to say "theres nowt so queer as folk".

This only helps if you're from the UK. I had the oldstyle red paper UK license whilst my pal had the new plastic one. I was automatically given a motorcycle license after only having to do the reaction/colour blind test. He had to go through the whole rigmarole to get his. I'd never ridden a bike in my life before! But the old UK license allows upto a certain cc. This they thought was good enough to give me a motorcycle license. Marvelous, we then rented a couple of Honda CB250cc and did the Meh Hong Song loop. But that got bikes out of my system...I'm happy now with my little Honda Click.