Neither mysedlf or my daughter are managing.
Moved back here 6 1/2 years ago after living in SA for 30 years, and were happy and settled, and in fact loved the place. It really didn't change much.
But since coming back from the Philippines, we can't settle.
Everything here now seem so dead and sterile. You ride on a bus and it's like being with a load of zombies.
Can't find things we want in the shops (not new, but after the variety and ease of finding things in CdO, it is more noticeable)
If you see someone in town smile, you are likely to fall over in surprise.
The traffic doesn't move. OK there are pretty lights changing colours, and you have lots of time sitting still to watch them.
Can't buy normal medicines in the shops, you have to do a risk assesment when you do anything, but it is a waste of time because whatever it is there will be a rule against it.
I just get the feeling that our "first world society" has missed the plot somewhere.
But I guess that if the Philippines had the UKs average wealth, or the UK had the Philippine peoples outlook on life, they wouldn't be the places they are, or anything better.
Anybody else had these or similar feelings?
