1. The Thailand Expat Who Only Talks About Girls and His Latest Conquest When I was younger, hanging around the bars at 36 or 37, the talk of the day was which girl you met, which bar you met her in, and what she was like. But when you live here constantly, it becomes so…
Somebody was asking me the other day they’ve never been abroad actually and they said to me, “When you first arrived in Thailand, what did you find strange about the country?” I was racking my brains, thinking back about it. And as I’m going quite often, I can still remember because I see these things…
Once again, I packed my bags and headed back to Thailand, a place that had started to feel like a second home for me. I was really hoping to relive that amazing moment I had with a woman working in nightlife, the last time I visited, just 6 months earlier. Unfortunately I was one of…
She owns the bar, and as far as I know, she does not and has not worked in nightlife. She is very business-minded well, that’s what I thought at the start. And she also has houses that she rents out to tourists. She has other properties up and down the country, including real estate and…
The Lads’ Holiday My story starts at the end of 2017 when I went on a lads’ holiday with a couple of friends to Thailand. This holiday was meant to be just a lads’ holiday just to clear our heads. Not having a getaway for over 5 years, it was long overdue. Me and my…
The Early Years A Newbie in Pattaya I am a single European man and first went to Thailand in 2001. Back then, Thailand was still dirt cheap, and I could easily go for annual vacations without breaking the bank too much. I had a strong urge to go to Thailand after I had broken off…
I used to holiday in the same place for years. There’s a little town in the Algarve in Portugal called Albufeira, and that was the place I liked to go more than anywhere else in the world. I haven’t been back for a long time since these events unfolded, but I can picture the steep…
Welcome to Bangkok, Thailand. This is a large and bustling metropolis, and if you’re planning a visit to the city, you’re going to need to use the transportation system. From taxis to tuktuks, trains, and ferries, you have plenty of options available but you can also make a lot of mistakes. I’m going to cover…
Annoyance #1: The Sidewalks Those are some pretty choppy-looking sidewalks. A lot of obstacles in the way random poles, random signs. As you can see, the sidewalks get pretty rough, and during rush hour, that whole street is packed with people navigating all those obstacles and each other. A lot of this has to do…