Comments on: The single item from home that people miss most while travelling http://www.501places.com/2010/01/the-single-item-from-home-that-people-miss-most-while-travelling/ Sharing the world with you Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:31:28 +0000 hourly 1 By: Andy Jarosz http://www.501places.com/2010/01/the-single-item-from-home-that-people-miss-most-while-travelling/#comment-3637 Andy Jarosz Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:55:22 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=1584#comment-3637 Kerry, I reckon there'll be lots of food you'll miss from HK when you come back to the UK. We have Cadbury's (the real thing) and cheese - they have so much more. Don't they? Kerry, I reckon there’ll be lots of food you’ll miss from HK when you come back to the UK. We have Cadbury’s (the real thing) and cheese – they have so much more. Don’t they?

]]> By: kerry http://www.501places.com/2010/01/the-single-item-from-home-that-people-miss-most-while-travelling/#comment-3630 kerry Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:52:31 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=1584#comment-3630 We were saying just yesterday how much we miss good cheese!!! I've been in Hong Kong for a year & a half and have been a part of so many conversations about lack of cheese, You can buy it here in most supermarkets but it's so expensive most people I know can't afford it on a regular basis. A friend of mine moans that even blocks of cheese taste like the plastic processed stuff here. You can get pizza all over but I think we miss having it in the fridge. I get the chocolate thing as well. Even the same brand name tastes different (Australian vs UK Cadburys etc). That said when I get back to the UK I'll miss the BBQ pork you get here! We were saying just yesterday how much we miss good cheese!!! I’ve been in Hong Kong for a year & a half and have been a part of so many conversations about lack of cheese, You can buy it here in most supermarkets but it’s so expensive most people I know can’t afford it on a regular basis. A friend of mine moans that even blocks of cheese taste like the plastic processed stuff here. You can get pizza all over but I think we miss having it in the fridge. I get the chocolate thing as well. Even the same brand name tastes different (Australian vs UK Cadburys etc). That said when I get back to the UK I’ll miss the BBQ pork you get here!

]]> By: Andy Jarosz http://www.501places.com/2010/01/the-single-item-from-home-that-people-miss-most-while-travelling/#comment-2212 Andy Jarosz Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:26:20 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=1584#comment-2212 Jacques, you'll have to post some links to the cheese shops of Vietnam. I haven't been there myself but from the comments above it looks like many others have missed these, so you'll be doing a great service :-) Jason, you can find pizza in most cities in Asia (they're used to catering for tourists now) but outside of the major towns you've got to be prepared for anything. Jacques, you’ll have to post some links to the cheese shops of Vietnam. I haven’t been there myself but from the comments above it looks like many others have missed these, so you’ll be doing a great service :-)

Jason, you can find pizza in most cities in Asia (they’re used to catering for tourists now) but outside of the major towns you’ve got to be prepared for anything.

]]> By: Jacques http://www.501places.com/2010/01/the-single-item-from-home-that-people-miss-most-while-travelling/#comment-2026 Jacques Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:21:45 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=1584#comment-2026 Some of the best french cheese to be had outside of France, can be found throughout Vietnam..... Some of the best french cheese to be had outside of France, can be found throughout Vietnam…..

]]> By: Jason of Two Backpackers http://www.501places.com/2010/01/the-single-item-from-home-that-people-miss-most-while-travelling/#comment-2003 Jason of Two Backpackers Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:18:13 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=1584#comment-2003 I haven't been to Asia yet, but if you are right and cheese is scarce, then YES, I will miss it! Pizza is my favorite food and while traveling in Latin America I realize that it has become international fare. But, it still has to have good cheese to be considered pizza. Unless of course you are ordering a tomato pie, which I do love to get in Philadelphia. I haven’t been to Asia yet, but if you are right and cheese is scarce, then YES, I will miss it! Pizza is my favorite food and while traveling in Latin America I realize that it has become international fare. But, it still has to have good cheese to be considered pizza. Unless of course you are ordering a tomato pie, which I do love to get in Philadelphia.

]]> By: Andy Jarosz http://www.501places.com/2010/01/the-single-item-from-home-that-people-miss-most-while-travelling/#comment-1584 Andy Jarosz Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:02:26 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=1584#comment-1584 A chair? That's funny. Didn't notice the chairs were bad, but I do tend to sit on the bed in a hotel room. I agree with you on the drinking water. We do take our tap water for granted don't we? One good thing in Laos is that the water is so bad that even the locals don't touch it, so almost every restarant and cafe (certainly all those that feed falang) uses bottled water for everything, meaning ice, fruit shakes and juices are safe to drink. A chair? That’s funny. Didn’t notice the chairs were bad, but I do tend to sit on the bed in a hotel room. I agree with you on the drinking water. We do take our tap water for granted don’t we? One good thing in Laos is that the water is so bad that even the locals don’t touch it, so almost every restarant and cafe (certainly all those that feed falang) uses bottled water for everything, meaning ice, fruit shakes and juices are safe to drink.

]]> By: Birgitta http://www.501places.com/2010/01/the-single-item-from-home-that-people-miss-most-while-travelling/#comment-1526 Birgitta Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:28:52 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=1584#comment-1526 What I miss most in Laos is a comfortable chair and as a whole I am missing chairs of any shape in cheaper hotel rooms all over Asia. Nowhere to put your clothes and just your hard bed to sit on. To live in Laos is like living in a creche as people sit mostly on the floor and the chairs are either little rattan things about 25 cm high or enormous monumental sculptured wooden chairs both ment for torturing a "falang". As a Swede I also miss our good drinking water straight from the tap wherever i go outside Scandinavia. And good luck with the cheese shop. I will definitely visit it. What I miss most in Laos is a comfortable chair and as a whole I am missing chairs of any shape in cheaper hotel rooms all over Asia. Nowhere to put your clothes and just your hard bed to sit on. To live in Laos is like living in a creche as people sit mostly on the floor and the chairs are either little rattan things about 25 cm high or enormous monumental sculptured wooden chairs both ment for torturing a “falang”.
As a Swede I also miss our good drinking water straight from the tap wherever i go outside Scandinavia. And good luck with the cheese shop. I will definitely visit it.

]]> By: Andy Jarosz http://www.501places.com/2010/01/the-single-item-from-home-that-people-miss-most-while-travelling/#comment-1523 Andy Jarosz Mon, 25 Jan 2010 09:05:24 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=1584#comment-1523 Thanks Sophia, and I agree I would miss ice too. I didn't know it was hard to get in Greece. Were you in a remote place? As for your latter point, I reckon I could happily miss that feeling for a very long time :-) Thanks Sophia, and I agree I would miss ice too. I didn’t know it was hard to get in Greece. Were you in a remote place?
As for your latter point, I reckon I could happily miss that feeling for a very long time :-)

]]> By: Sophia Dembling http://www.501places.com/2010/01/the-single-item-from-home-that-people-miss-most-while-travelling/#comment-1516 Sophia Dembling Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:42:24 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=1584#comment-1516 In Greece, it was ice. And when I get home from anywhere, the first thing I want is Tex-Mex. After a while, I also miss waking up in the morning and not being compelled to go anywhere or do anything. In Greece, it was ice. And when I get home from anywhere, the first thing I want is Tex-Mex.

After a while, I also miss waking up in the morning and not being compelled to go anywhere or do anything.

]]> By: Andy Jarosz http://www.501places.com/2010/01/the-single-item-from-home-that-people-miss-most-while-travelling/#comment-1457 Andy Jarosz Sat, 23 Jan 2010 08:20:06 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=1584#comment-1457 I missed floss too (but didn't let it get my down). A few weeks without flossing isn't going to kill anyone. I'm with you on the Indian food too. I loved Indian food in India so much more than in the UK, that it was a let-down to visit an Indian restaurant back here. The same wasn't true of China. Thanks for visiting. I missed floss too (but didn’t let it get my down). A few weeks without flossing isn’t going to kill anyone. I’m with you on the Indian food too. I loved Indian food in India so much more than in the UK, that it was a let-down to visit an Indian restaurant back here. The same wasn’t true of China.
Thanks for visiting.

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