I’d never understood the mentality of guys who go to Thailand, meet a girl in a bar, and then expect her to quit working because they’ve fallen in love with her, stop herself from going back to those bars, remove herself entirely from that scene, and accept a small amount of money from the guy…
Hello, welcome. The first time I heard those words, I was walking down Sukhumvit Soi after I’d arrived in Bangkok only 2 hours before that. It was my first time in Thailand and I heard it again. Hello, welcome. Past the second bar and the third bar and before long I’d succumbed to the allure…
Flood drainage operations are being stepped up across eastern Bangkok as authorities race to clear the remaining water before another period of heavy rain arrives later this week. Pumps are running at full capacity and, without further significant rainfall, officials had hoped most of the remaining flood water could be cleared by tomorrow. River levels…
My first experience with Thailand came through some guys I knew from our fishing club here in the UK. They all lived fairly close to me. But back then, I only really bothered with them when we went fishing. That changed after I got divorced. They’d been going to Thailand for years. I’d seen their…
I wouldn’t wish what happened to me on anybody. I never thought it would get to the stage it got to. I didn’t realize people could be as disgusting as I found out that my wife was based on the thing that she did to me. I had to reduce her monthly allowance that I…
Just when you think you couldn’t work any harder, things go wrong and you have to work even harder yet again. The burnout starts to kick in. That was me about 10 years ago now, getting to the point of no return where I didn’t feel like I had much get-up-and-go left in me because…
About 4 years ago, I was divorced and living in Australia. I’m originally from England but came over here in 2011 for work with a European company and ended up staying. I’m now lucky enough to have both British and Australian citizenship. After my divorce, I quickly discovered that Thailand for Australians is a bit…
I’ve lived in Thailand for 15 years, and there’s something I think a lot of foreign men don’t want to hear. The Thailand dating market most foreign men experience isn’t the Thai dating market. It’s a tiny section of it. And I know that because I married outside that section. You can call me Richard….
We’ve all got one of those friends who decide getting married in a church at home, like everybody else, is not good enough for them, and who decide that he and his fiancée are going to go to the other side of the world and get married there. Being his best friend, you’re invited and…