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  • čas přidán 21. 08. 2024

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  • @kregeckert8351
    @kregeckert8351 Před 3 měsíci +5

    The rains are just starting you can come back soon!

  • @inert11
    @inert11 Před 3 měsíci +5

    I bet your family is missing you in thailand. Good to see someone sacrificing and doing some old fashioned hard work. Keep up the content.

  • @boxcartwilly
    @boxcartwilly Před 3 měsíci +4

    Good move, too many people stay in situations that make them unhappy moaning about it and things will not change by themselves, if you are not happy about something it is up to you to change it so well done and good luck with the new job.

  • @mariettathornton5924
    @mariettathornton5924 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Good luck to you Ben! Just hang in there and it will be worth it! Thanks for sharing your journey with us 😊

  • @willsmith39
    @willsmith39 Před 3 měsíci +3

    I can't tell you how much I'm enjoying this UK busman's holiday - absolutely brilliant and really beautifully filmed. Really interesting, I enjoy the Thailand content but call me a weirdo I'm enjoying this just as much if not more

  • @americaninthailand8760
    @americaninthailand8760 Před 3 měsíci +4

    Back in my restaurant days, only working 11 hours was a blessing. Hang in there!

    • @no_clot_shot1128
      @no_clot_shot1128 Před 3 měsíci

      Always wondered, why can't they reorganize the job of people who boil pasta and chop things... Weird they can't work 8 hours shifts as anybody else. Probably chefs should start usng brains more than just knives and pans. For their own good.

  • @JavierLopez-jm7nd
    @JavierLopez-jm7nd Před 3 měsíci +1

    Wicked Video Mate 👍 I’m just come across your Channel. I’m 55 years old myself and I’m working as a chef like you. Totally understand your thoughts about painful legs at the end of the shift 😩. Hopefully I’ll retire in Thailand in the near future. At the moment like yourself I’m trying to sort out my financial situation. In 7 weeks time I will get back to Thailand 🇹🇭. Trip number 8 visiting Pattaya. Keep safe Mate and I hope everything goes well. By the way your home in Thailand looks absolutely stunning. 👍🇹🇭🙏

    • @LifeinThailand777
      @LifeinThailand777  Před 3 měsíci

      Ah great stuff! 7 week countdown, I may be on a similar timeline myself. Cheers Javier 👨‍🍳🙏

  • @SaltyOlez
    @SaltyOlez Před 3 měsíci +2

    Your dogs made me smile strait away. Smash out the work mate and get back to your happy place 😁🤙🍻

  • @wendy-0101
    @wendy-0101 Před 3 měsíci +2

    So glad to hear you are doing well & yes you deserve so much better.
    Looks really quaint fishing village & sea air is so rejuvenating for the soul!
    Wish you a fantastic time there! If you get cold air around you its spirits visiting you. Mostly relatives. Take Care!
    💞💞

  • @fondavesthailandadventures5366
    @fondavesthailandadventures5366 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Wow, that is a nice cosy room.....Not seen a wooden toilet seat in a while!!
    Keep it up mate, won't be long before your back home.
    At 64 and on my feet a lot, I find a bowl of hot water, ankle deep, at night, helps me!
    Take care.

  • @MrLostitnutter
    @MrLostitnutter Před 3 měsíci +3

    Happiness is a major requirement in life if your not happy move on well done for making the decision

  • @duncannok
    @duncannok Před 3 měsíci +2

    Right decision there man I walked from a relief chef job where they expected me to sleep in a tiny bed in a caravan.

    • @LifeinThailand777
      @LifeinThailand777  Před 3 měsíci +3

      TBH the last place gave me the choice of a tiny caravan instead of the single room, both just as bad. Very out of touch, it’s no wonder they struggle to keep quality staff 🥴

  • @sergefranchois1701
    @sergefranchois1701 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Go where you are treated best. Your life however couldn't be more different than that in Thailand my god.
    Are the plants alright on the farm? I've seen pictures of drought.
    Good luck for the rest of the stay.

  • @RetiredandLivingthedream
    @RetiredandLivingthedream Před 3 měsíci +3

    I was doing some work at a resort in Koh Kood Thailand, I had the skills they wanted but my accommodation was a crappy room no window no toilet no aircon just a fan, the shower this was 100m walk. I was renovating 3 bedroomed villas overlooking the sea in low season I stayed 3 weeks crap room. Left and was asked to stay for a year, no way. lol Exactly know your worth, I'm worth more than a crappy room. Just worked for food and accommodations via workaway. Best wishes.

  • @daverendall4157
    @daverendall4157 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Good luck Ben can't have been easy wishing you good fortune and health 🙏

  • @williamhartz8707
    @williamhartz8707 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Great seeing you again. Best wishes .

  • @markcarr992
    @markcarr992 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Hope it works out for u there Ben up until u head back to Thailand. Maybe next year see if u can get a working visa in Oz or Singapore. Understand its difficult to get visa, accommodation and a decent wage. All the best anyhow and glad to see u back vlogging. Can't wait to see u back home with the dogs. Bless em 👍

  • @andrewhyland9212
    @andrewhyland9212 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Good news is that you haven’t perished on one of your hilly walks. Sea air will be nice to have for a while. No point living like a prisoner. King of the castle for a while. Hope it works out.

  • @jannetedwards1310
    @jannetedwards1310 Před 3 měsíci

    Not only a Chef but security as well!!!..Glad you are good. Thailand is not going away❤

  • @bigphill67
    @bigphill67 Před 3 měsíci

    i won t say where you are and respect your privacy, but i spent many weeks each year along that part of the cumbriajn coast each summer as a child and early adult life, has a rugged beauty to it and tends to get busy each weekend especially when the weather is good, best of luck and hope you can take away some good memories of cumbria, thanks for sharing,

  • @raymondsmith4401
    @raymondsmith4401 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Hi Ben, greetings from Samoeng. Good to see you again, and understand where you’re coming from. Stash that cash away and get back here. We’re just coming off burning season, three months of pure hell, and we have just received the award for having the worst air quality of anyplace on earth. On earth mind you. I’m having respiratory problems from it. Next year I’m going to have to hibernate in air conditioning for three months. I’ll just sign up for every entertainment channels available and binge. Good to see the air quality where you are working is so clear, so enjoy, make bank while you can, it will go a long way here as you know. Cheers

  • @MrTolotony
    @MrTolotony Před 3 měsíci +1

    Enjoying all you post Ben. Been to long since the last one. Was getting worried lol. Keep going,, chins up & all that 😎🙏🙏

  • @rosskennedy
    @rosskennedy Před 3 měsíci +2

    Ben report from northeast Thai,very little rain so far,we month behind planting rice as so dry,do not think get much flood this year,look be dry year.

  • @Gordon-bb3ic
    @Gordon-bb3ic Před 3 měsíci +2

    Best of luck Ben.

  • @rolfvanlunzen-zj2tf
    @rolfvanlunzen-zj2tf Před 3 měsíci +1

    Good luck with your new job!

  • @APPA1
    @APPA1 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Good luck with your adventures 😅

  • @rickyisaan
    @rickyisaan Před 3 měsíci +1

    I'd much rather go there over Phuket. Rural UK actually looks great to me, I'd love to see it one day

    • @LifeinThailand777
      @LifeinThailand777  Před 3 měsíci +2

      It is beautiful Ricky, I’m enjoying the contrast to Thailand, that said I’m excited to get back to my farm mate 🌞

  • @Londoncab
    @Londoncab Před 3 měsíci

    Great attitude, good luck. Your accommodation looks really cozy..

  • @brent7513
    @brent7513 Před 3 měsíci +2

    The dogs are so big now!!!!

  • @garywarden4482
    @garywarden4482 Před 3 měsíci

    Thank you for sharing your life with us Ben. Your blogs are very interesting on how you are getting on in the UK. you could be a night Watchmen for the builders equipment for a bit of extra dough😂

  • @ItsMe-dx7vc
    @ItsMe-dx7vc Před 3 měsíci +1

    It’s cooling down over here now , 11:30 sat morning and it’s only up to 30

  • @RG-rc8yk
    @RG-rc8yk Před 3 měsíci +2

    I am glad you moved, I found the other place to be sort of depressing and not very beautiful. Hopefully the new area will be invigorating and more comfortable.

  • @chosenfews
    @chosenfews Před 3 měsíci +1

    You must miss home mate for sure . Home being Thailand. But I get why your doing what your doing. I’m 37 been cooking full time since 13. It’s getting to me. I wish to build a home like you so I work 3 jobs. Have 4 kids married and no time to really enjoy life but it will pay off. I enjoy the videos keep doing more of them if you can

    • @LifeinThailand777
      @LifeinThailand777  Před 3 měsíci +1

      I’ve learnt to cherish the otherwise unpleasant moments of being a chef this time around. The stress of a busy service, the customers with ridiculous “food intolerances”, the brain-dead young waitress etc etc. But I’m only able to enjoy these things because I know it’s very temporary.
      I’m willing you on mate. You’ll get there. I think it’s Melbourne you’re at right? Or was it Sydney? 👨‍🍳

    • @chosenfews
      @chosenfews Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@LifeinThailand777 100% agree , it’s a changing industry. No old school training like it used to be. But like all jobs there is the good and bad. Yes Sydney ! Thanks for remembering that means a lot. Thailand is the dream and Goal. It will happen just a matter of when. The back paid after 9 hours is so true. It’s the muscles tension of bending up and down out of fridges etc. my knees done hurts all the time but just gotta ignore it haha 😛

    • @LifeinThailand777
      @LifeinThailand777  Před 3 měsíci

      Deep Heat and compression socks are my best friends right now mate 😂

  • @bignbad100
    @bignbad100 Před 3 měsíci

    Used to use that pub often, nice people around that area, enjoy...

  • @citymccarthy6173
    @citymccarthy6173 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Just did a dive season, 6 months on a boat lol. Man-up

  • @kevwandless
    @kevwandless Před 3 měsíci +5

    Are you having blue pipe withdrawal symptoms ?

  • @Zombie_Spaceman
    @Zombie_Spaceman Před 3 měsíci +2

    Late to the premiere. I love the Pikachu luggage Tag!

    • @LifeinThailand777
      @LifeinThailand777  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Hahah a friends son borrowed my case, I didn’t have the heart to remove the tag when he gave it back to me 😇

  • @shaun2423
    @shaun2423 Před 3 měsíci

    Just got back from Thailand it’s been far too hot. The day I left Tuesday was the start of the rain. Phoning the gf today she was driving from udon to nong bua it’s was peeing it down. The rainy season well underway

  • @74ashton74
    @74ashton74 Před 3 měsíci +3

    You should do a 6 month stay in Australia the flights are cheaper and the wages are way higher than uk for hospitality type jobs

    • @LifeinThailand777
      @LifeinThailand777  Před 3 měsíci +3

      I’ll look at this for next time maybe. Although I’m clearing £1100 a week here, with zero expenses 😇

    • @Openeyesopenheart42
      @Openeyesopenheart42 Před 3 měsíci +2

      @@LifeinThailand777you won’t get $3500 a week in aus mate, stay where you are. And you would need to paid that much to clear the equivalent of what you are earning now.

    • @bott84
      @bott84 Před 3 měsíci +1

      You actually can easily get £1100 a week as a chef in Australia. I run a kitchen so I know.

    • @Openeyesopenheart42
      @Openeyesopenheart42 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@bott84 I stand corrected then, I am a chippy and would have to work for myself to get that sort of money, thought it would be the same for most trades.

    • @bott84
      @bott84 Před 3 měsíci

      @@Openeyesopenheart42 £1100 is $2k Aussie a week …however you have to work all weekend to get that $

  • @enough1494
    @enough1494 Před 3 měsíci +1

    I make art assemblages from junk! That beach is perfect for me! Nah…I will stay here in Culebra! 😂

  • @morgsta0676
    @morgsta0676 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Nothing wrong with eating bacon, but the pots you put in the cupboard, that's what will kill you.

  • @bourneinthailand
    @bourneinthailand Před 3 měsíci +2

    What or who was that standing behind you as you were walking around upstairs?

    • @bourneinthailand
      @bourneinthailand Před 3 měsíci

      😝 I had too sorry 😆

    • @LifeinThailand777
      @LifeinThailand777  Před 3 měsíci

      🥴🥴🥴🥴

    • @LifeinThailand777
      @LifeinThailand777  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Maybe I’ll do a video walking around the pub in the dead of night with a torch, the upside of that is I can help myself to a pint from the bar 👻

    • @bourneinthailand
      @bourneinthailand Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@LifeinThailand777 Dutch courage I like it!

  • @NewPlazaSportsBar
    @NewPlazaSportsBar Před 3 měsíci +1

    Well that beach just makes me chuffed to flipping mint balls we’re leaving Thailand tomorrow and going to England for a month 🤔🤔🤔. O how I can’t wait to get to Blackpool 😬.
    I’m tipping you’ll be back in Thailand before the British winter 🥶?

    • @LifeinThailand777
      @LifeinThailand777  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Yeah I’ll be back in Thailand British summer time I’m guessing

  • @SteveAgleron
    @SteveAgleron Před 3 měsíci +7

    Why are you doing all this stuff in the UK? Go back to Thailand! You looked so much happier there at your farm!
    OMG the puppies got so big! Hurry home Ben.. life is too short.

    • @jimcraiggeezer
      @jimcraiggeezer Před 3 měsíci +6

      Money is the issue I gather

    • @willsmith39
      @willsmith39 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Do you actually watch his videos? He's explained in great detail why he's doing it and it makes total sense.
      Stop being so melodramatic he'll be back in a few months he's missing the hell of 45c and horrific air pollution right now and he's making bank

    • @shaun7638
      @shaun7638 Před 3 měsíci

      Agreed i understand the reasons completly and agree with what he is doing.

  • @mattalford389
    @mattalford389 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Ahhhhh you've moved. Hey, keep away from Silloth. I went there as a youngster with my family. It was a right dump. Got that bloody Windscale or whatever it's called. The Nuclear Power station. Had all dead rabbits laying everywhere. Horrible!

    • @willsmith39
      @willsmith39 Před 3 měsíci

      What are you bleating on about? Dead rabbits because of the nuclear power station?! Your tin foil hat is on far too tight mate. Nuclear is actually one of the cleanest options we have, we should be building more of it.
      25 percent of European energy comes from nuclear.
      150 reactors in 27 EU states. How many adverse incidents where the environment was impacted since inception of every one of these reactors? I'll wait.
      As for UK itself yeah we had Windscale fire - in like the mid 1950's getting on for 70 years ago now. Things have improved a tad since then mate 🙄

  • @davidsingline507
    @davidsingline507 Před 3 měsíci +1

    😂😂it was a deluxe garden shed 🫢

    • @LifeinThailand777
      @LifeinThailand777  Před 3 měsíci +1

      Haha nothing deluxe about that shed Dave, you had the deluxe portacabin though 😇

  • @geryblade4790
    @geryblade4790 Před 3 měsíci

    I hope hyour new job is going well and anna is getting on without you!

  • @Duncanup2
    @Duncanup2 Před 3 měsíci +2

    I know that pub it's where five headless corpses was found behind plastered walls they never did solve the murders but convinced it's a local

    • @LifeinThailand777
      @LifeinThailand777  Před 3 měsíci

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @willsmith39
      @willsmith39 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Wow, and I thought those porridge pots he had were the cereal killer.
      In any event it would still be a step up from the previous digs where only headless corpses would be able to stretch their legs properly.

    • @LifeinThailand777
      @LifeinThailand777  Před 3 měsíci

      🤣🤣🤣

  • @kc.brinkman
    @kc.brinkman Před 3 měsíci +2

    I recognize the pub, it's called..... just kidding. 🤣

    • @LifeinThailand777
      @LifeinThailand777  Před 3 měsíci +2

      You were about to get deleted then 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @kc.brinkman
      @kc.brinkman Před 3 měsíci +2

      I know. I would never do that. Love the videos.

  • @simonbrown5009
    @simonbrown5009 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Ireland?

  • @amileo1651
    @amileo1651 Před 3 měsíci +3

    Who is that behind, you? 😅

    • @LifeinThailand777
      @LifeinThailand777  Před 3 měsíci

      🤣🤣

    • @MarkDaviesThailand
      @MarkDaviesThailand Před 3 měsíci +1

      Hi Ben. Wow, you passed on a real bacon sandwich for an energy snack😮
      Nice bit of coastline to chill in Solway. Huge downpour in Kalasin just cooled things off nicely.
      Decades ago I was a jobbing chef and stayed in places just like that…so many chefs hit the sauce living above pubs!
      If you like, lets hear more about your thoughts on Thailand and the UK from your unique perspective!

  • @no_clot_shot1128
    @no_clot_shot1128 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Watching your videos it's so hard to tell, which one of the 2 countries is 3rd world... (Actually it's very easy, but i don't want to insult the westerners..) 😅

  • @jimberry4871
    @jimberry4871 Před 3 měsíci

    Are you still married?