I have never felt lonelier than when I lived in Australia, in a super-social environment but not having the same value set as most middle-class Australians
Interesting to hear this, although I can totally imagine loneliness in / on Australia.
Glad to hear you hardly every feel lonely in your Thai 'isolation'.
I knew you would "get" this and you must be quite a sight in Asia ;<)
Big hug from Portugal,
P.S. I need a little more variety, once again, more than this one-café-hamlet with 50 people that I can hardly connect with. So I'm probably gonna spend some time in a 1500 people town nearby pretty soon.