A Fresh Start in Bangkok After Difficult Times This trip to Bangkok was my first proper visit there, having only flown in and out of the city with a girlfriend in February 2014. There was civil unrest there at the time and we only spent a few hours there before hurriedly leaving on a 3…
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul yesterday ordered the suspension of permits allowing people to purchase firearms with existing licenses also set to come under review. The Prime Minister says tighter controls must be accompanied by tougher penalties for those who break the law. And police have been instructed to stop renewing permits that enable people to…
I felt like I was on top of the world when I hit my retirement target of $500,000. Finally, the dream I held for the past 15 years to retire in Thailand had finally come true. The very thought that I would have been returning home only 3 years after this, completely broken both financially…
That’s a question I ask myself all the time. Thailand was meant to be an escape, a place where I could reinvent myself in retirement and a place where I could finally start enjoying myself. The weather helped as well. I’m not much of a cold weather person. I much prefer hot weather, and bright…
You know what’s funny about the bar scene in Thailand? Every guy thinks he’s hearing something special. You sit down, order a drink, and within five minutes you have a bar girl coming up to you, saying things to try and make you feel like the only man in the world. Most of those lines…
This wouldn’t be half as bad as it was if my downfall had been spread out across quite a number of years. Just how quickly things collapsed for me is alarming to actually think about. And I hope by sharing this, some people will understand that just because you’re so sure and so certain about…
The first time I went to my girlfriend at the time’s village was 6 months after I met her. I’d just moved to Thailand as a new retiree, 51 years old and living off investment income. I had loose cash available to enjoy. And after I’d been in the country for a few months, I…
I stopped full time work when I was 55 and came to Asia on a cycling holiday through parts of Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia. Then I went to Pattaya to do a diving course and have some R&R after three weeks cycling. Naturally, I availed of what was on offer and had a great time…
Preparing to Leave England I thought I was going to Thailand with an open mind. I’d heard all the warnings, watched all the videos, and felt like I knew exactly what I should look out for. The only thing I told myself was, “I’m not going to fall for a girl in Thailand.” Researching International…