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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Eloise Basuki

My big move: my dream job took me to Bangkok – but living overseas can be lonely without friends

A woman sitting on a train in Bangkok, looking into the distance.
‘We had so many happy times travelling throughout Asia, and I don’t regret a day of it’: Eloise Basuki on a train from Bangkok. Photograph: Leigh Griffiths

In 2016, I scored my dream job at a travel magazine based in Bangkok. I moved there from Sydney with my partner, Leigh, who worked as a photographer and often accompanied me shooting my work assignments.

Leigh and I loved to travel and we were craving adventure. Our Sydney life had become routine and we wanted a change of scenery – an escape from office jobs, to eat our way through Asia and tell stories along the way. Through work, my “offices” ranged from mountain lodges in northern Vietnam to glamping tents in the jungles of Laos or diverse local villages beyond the casinos in Macau.

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