Story 1 The $4 000 Dowry That Never Was This is from a guy called Anton. He lives in Africa I’m guessing South Africa. “I have been to Thailand five times and I’ve had 10 or so Thai women fly out to visit me here in Africa. I always play to win with these girls,…
Story 1 A Filipino Adventure Bucket Showers Fighting Roosters and Kidnapping Warnings I have been married to my Filipino wife now since 2001, and we’re both happy living here in Australia. My wife speaks perfect English. In fact, she says she speaks better English than me. My wife has a master’s degree and studied on…
The way I see it, in Thailand, things are deliberately set up against foreigners. But the problem is, as a foreigner, this isn’t something that you find out until it’s already too late. I personally had never been to Thailand until I reached 61 back in 2015, and my reason for being in Thailand was…
My name is Jess. I’m 59 years old and work as a general contractor in California. Here’s the story of my first trip to the Philippines in case anyone is interested. I had dated many Filipino women here in Los Angeles and grew to love the culture. In 2013, I married a beautiful Filipino ex-girlfriend…
I didn’t throw away my retirement. It was taken from me. But I know there will be some clever clogs saying it was my fault. Wake up. I was done over. And it had nothing to do with the fact that my girlfriend was 35 years younger than me. My retirement was perfect. It really…
They say to make a million in Thailand, you need to start with $2 million. Well, I only had $250,000 and I moved to Thailand hoping to become a millionaire. I was sick to the back teeth of the outlook of my life back at home in the UK. And I’d been to Thailand on…
The first time I went to Thailand was in 2010. Like many people who go, I loved it. There wasn’t anything I disliked about Thailand. And no, I wasn’t one of the guys who liked to go to the bars all the time. I preferred doing more cultural things – going to the temples, going…
When I first started coming to Pattaya, there were no mobile phones, no internet, no YouTube, no influencers, no endless commentary. You just arrived knowing very little, and you learned by watching and listening. You walked everywhere. You got lost. You found places by accident. Bars were places where you sat down and talked to…
This story took place a few years ago after six or seven trips to Thailand the first three to Phuket and the third and fourth to Pattaya. I mainly hung around and stayed around the Soi Buakhao and LK Metro area but moved around most of Pattaya during my nights out. I spent some time…