This story takes place on my third trip to Southeast Asia, which was in February 2023, before moving to Cambodia to work in the diving industry. Before arriving in Cambodia, I spent 6 weeks traveling through Thailand as I wanted to explore more of the country that wasn’t just Bangkok and Pattaya. I started in…
Thomas Background and First Trips Now Thomas the first time he actually landed in Thailand, he was about 60 years of age, 59, 60, something like that and he did become a regular visitor. Now background on Thomas: he was a full time taxi driver in a small market town in the UK. He made…
This is not a story about a naive guy who goes to Pattaya and is conned by a bar girl. I am well aware that this does happen every day. The majority of this story took place between 2016 and 2020. I first met Albert when we both worked as chefs at a well known…
The assumption is that you haven’t been to Thailand before, or you’ve been once and you don’t really know what you’re doing over there. A lot of these tips they’re actually not just for Thailand; that makes sense if you were looking for an apartment anywhere. But these tips will give you something to think…
This story is a follow-on from the “10 Days in Thailand” one I did about 3 months ago. Some of your viewers may make the connection to this and other stories I have submitted. I was in Thailand recently with my Thai wife of 14 years to do the handover of our newly built house….
I had no idea it was possible to feel as bad as I feel right now. I still miss my wife every single day and have been missing her for the past 2 years. I often wonder what she’s doing, who she’s with, and if she thinks about me. I honestly think I didn’t really…
This is my story about how I met a Thai girl online, rushed literally every aspect of the relationship, and ended up in the worst place possible. At that stage in my life, I was pushing 60 years old, never really had a real relationship, had no kids, and didn’t have the best outlook on…
The Thailand expat dream has just about come to an end. It sends shivers down my spine to even have to say those words because I dedicated so many years to the country of Thailand, yet nothing of use has come of it. I’ve been in relationships along the way. I’ve done some incredibly stupid…
I feel like the world’s biggest idiot after everything that happened to me. It’s not only that I feel like an idiot, it’s just that I thought there was no chance that what I was doing would have had such a detrimental effect on my ability to live the life I’d always hoped to live….