We Left The UK 🇬🇧 Can Thailand Feel Like Home?
We tried to become locals in Thailand.
After leaving the UK behind forever and starting a completely new life in Thailand, we're asking ourselves one of the biggest questions we've faced since moving abroad:
Can Thailand ever truly feel like home?
In this episode of our Thailand relocation journey, we're putting that question to the test by immersing ourselves deeper into Thai culture than ever before. From learning the Thai language and understanding local traditions to cooking authentic Thai food and experiencing Buddhist merit making, we're discovering whether feeling at home in Thailand is really possible for foreigners.
Many people dream about moving to Thailand, retiring in Thailand, becoming an expat in Thailand, or escaping the rising cost of living in the UK. But what happens after the excitement wears off? What does it actually take to belong in a completely different country, culture, and way of life?
Join us as we challenge ourselves to step outside our comfort zones and embrace Thailand on a deeper level.
In this episode:
🇹🇭 Learning the Thai language
🇹🇭 Thai cooking school experience
🇹🇭 Buddhist merit making ceremony
🇹🇭 Exploring Thai culture and traditions
🇹🇭 Real expat life in Chiang Mai
🇹🇭 Adjusting to life after leaving the UK
🇹🇭 Can foreigners truly feel at home in Thailand?
This isn't a holiday. This isn't travel content.
This is our real-life journey of leaving the UK, moving abroad, and building a new life in Thailand from the ground up.
If you're considering moving to Thailand, retiring abroad, becoming a digital nomad, relocating overseas, or simply curious about life in Thailand as a foreigner, we hope our experiences can help you understand what it's really like.
☕ Ways To Support Jill & Justin (and Peg)
🇹🇭 Join us as we build our new life in Thailand after leaving the UK behind forever.If you’d like to support the channel and help us keep creating honest, cinematic, real-life moving abroad content, here are a few ways you can help:
☕ Buy Us A CoffeeSupport the channel directly here:buymeacoffee.com/jillandjustinescape
📸 Follow Our Daily Life In ThailandInstagram:@jillandjustinescape
🎥 Our Camera SetupWe film almost everything using our iPhones for a natural, documentary-style feel.
✂️ Editing Software We UseWe edit our videos using Filmora
🌍 Travel Essentials & Gear We Actually Use(These links help support the channel at no extra cost to you)
👜 Peg’s Airline Travel Baghttps://amzn.to/4taCX6X
🎒 Peg’s Backpack Carrierhttps://amzn.to/427IeAj
🎤 Microphones We Usehttps://amzn.to/4wz9x4t
📱 eSIMs For Travel & Thailand Data(Coming Soon)
❤️ Thank You For Supporting Our JourneyEvery comment, like, share, coffee, and message genuinely helps us continue documenting what it’s really like leaving the UK and starting again abroad. We read far more comments than people probably realise, and we’re incredibly grateful you’re here this early in the adventure.
— Jill & JustinJill & Justin Escape YouTube Channel
🌏 ABOUT JILL & JUSTIN
We're Jill and Justin, a British couple who made the decision to leave the UK and start a new life in Thailand.
Every week we share the reality of:
• Moving to Thailand
• Living in Chiang Mai
• Thailand cost of living
• Expat life in Thailand
• Retirement in Thailand
• Digital nomad life
• Thai culture
• Thailand property
• Thailand visas
• UK vs Thailand comparisons
• Everyday life abroad
• Building a new life overseas
Whether you're researching a move to Thailand, looking for Thailand travel tips, comparing UK and Thailand living costs, or simply interested in life abroad, we'd love to have you along for the journey.
Thank you for watching and supporting our channel. Every comment, like, share and subscription genuinely helps us continue documenting what it's really like to leave everything behind and start again.
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