when I initially got this lump come up, being a little bit lazy, I went to the nearest hospital to me which is a very, very top hospital in Bangkok because I live near Nana BTS station right in the heart of Sukhumvit. And that’s just a convenient place to go. So I had the…
First of all, my age. I’m getting older now. I’m still physically fit as fit as I can be for my age. But, you know, I spent a lot of my younger years traveling the world. I worked for a hotel company. I’ve been all over the world, the Middle East, and the Far East….
In Hua Hin, for instance, one thing I’ve noticed that wasn’t here a while ago is the railway line that runs from Hua Hin railway station all the way up to Bangkok and beyond. There are actually concrete pylons that run side by side next to the railway lines. And I’ve just found out that…
Now, Mark was in a company that would move him around Asia, particularly places like Cambodia and the Philippines, Myanmar. It was computers, IT, that sort of thing. He’d never been to Thailand before. I don’t know why you’d think Thailand would have been quite high up on the list of destinations for that kind…
I’m going to tell you another true story from my days in Bangkok when I lived there. It’s another story about a Thai girl and a foreign man. The man was from the UK. No real names, as always we’ll call the lady Far, which is quite a common Thai girl’s name, and we’ll call…
The One That Got Away Most of the time, Thai bar girls are just playing games and nine times out of ten they aren’t serious. But once in a blue moon, you can meet one who is truly different and has her head screwed on. After I was let go from my job with a…
Now from personal experience, I’ve been to Cambodia. It wasn’t I didn’t feel totally safe there. The crime figures for Cambodia against foreigners are a lot higher than they are in Thailand. Thailand I feel totally safe in Thailand. And all those scams going on and things like that, but generally I’ve never heard of…
When somebody first comes to Thailand, they are normally here on holiday. When you’re on holiday, everything feels exciting. The weather is warm. The food is great. The people are friendly, and life seems very easy compared with where you came from. You’re not dealing with your own normal routine. You’re not dealing with work,…
1. It’s Not 2026 in Thailand It’s 2569 For more practical background, see our Thailand travel checklist. Thailand uses the Buddhist calendar, which is based on the death of the Buddha and runs about 543 years ahead of the Western calendar. So when you first see official documents or bank paperwork here, the dates look…