I had been a smoker for much of my life, but when vaping appeared, I switched over replacing my smoking addiction with a hopefully slightly healthier addiction to vaping. When a friend invited me to his wedding in Chiang Mai, I decided to spend a few days in Bangkok before heading north. I packed a…
My first trip to Thailand was exactly one year before the tsunami that killed so many and caused so much destruction. I was working in Taiwan at the time, and flying to points in Southeast Asia was very convenient from there. At the end of my 2 or 3 week shift there, I would take…
My name is Jim and I’m a 38 year old Swedish guy. This is my story from my holiday in Thailand. My story begins in 2018 when, after getting fed up with work and life in Sweden in general, I quit my job and had the opportunity to not work for a few years. I…
Nat had been juggling Dave and Jason for several weeks, but things were getting tougher. Dave had invested in the house, and Jason had invested in the bar. Now both of them were planning to arrive in Thailand at the end of the month. How would she handle this? She needed to have some well-planned…
Anyway, the following story goes back a few years and relates to my first trip to Thailand in 1993. It may appeal to some old timers because the story is timeless, the only real difference is the prices back then. What makes this story unusual is not the content but the place from where I…
I would like to tell you a true story about a friend of mine who married a Thai bar girl and brought her back to the UK. For the sake of this story, I will call my friend Steve. Of course, that isn’t his real name. This story goes back about 25 years ago. Becoming…
I arrived in Thailand in late October of 2023. My first time back in 8 years. And this time, I promised myself I’d do things differently. No falling in love, no silly decisions, and no thinking with the wrong head. I booked a 3 week stay in Pattaya and checked into a mid range hotel…
We have one of the many cannabis stores here in Bangkok. We had updates to the new rules and regulations, but on the ground here in Thailand, you won’t notice many differences. All the shops are operating. Normally, they switched to a prescription only model, but the larger businesses were quick to adjust and they…