
When you have been here a long time, you are not the same as the person who arrived, and neither is the country. And once you have invested all your income into a home, kids’ schooling, greater family assistance and car/bike ownership, leaving may no longer be an option.
I for one never expected Thailand to revert to the military regime of General Sarit in the 1950s and now find myself in a country I don’t recognise or particularly like in respect to media regulation and human rights.
Lungstib