If there was a phrase that I would have liked to have given to myself to describe who I was at the time, it would have been a Thailand bar guy. That’s what I was, who I was, and what I wanted to remain for the rest of my life. I loved the bars in…

I’m standing outside the front door of my girlfriend’s condo in Pattaya, mildly intoxicated, thinking, “Well, I’ve done it this time.” I’ve just carved a very rude five-letter word beginning with the letter B on her front door with a sharp knife that I carried in my right hand. It’s quite a good effort considering…

I am from the UK and moved to Thailand in 2013 as a bright eyed bushy tailed 25 year old to come and teach English in the central region of the country I wanted to get away from the boring environment of working in a UK call center and the opportunity to come to Thailand…

I am 22 years old and at the time of writing this, I am currently in Thailand for the first time. I felt that although it was my first time here, I was actually quite wise to everything that goes on especially with the girls. I originally traveled here as part of a group tour…

I would like to say that all I hear about most of the time is that bar girls, etc., are only after money and what they can get out of you. Even though this is true up to a certain point, my experience over the last 20 years has been a good one. I find…

Story 1 The Manila Card Scam in 2007 Back in 2007, I was in my early 30s and on a backpacking trip to the Philippines. The trip itself had been great. It was a beautiful country and I had a very chilled out time island hopping. My only negative experience up until this point was…

I first went to Thailand in 2012 as a 27-year-old. I had just broken up with a Thai girl who was living and studying in Sydney but had never been to Thailand before. I had planned the trip to go with her, but after we broke up I decided to go alone, which was very…

In an ideal world, I would still be living in Thailand, enjoying myself, having a great life, and continuing the retirement that I always thought I deserved. Instead, I’m living in an ex-council flat in the rough end of town, not knowing how my life came to this. I’d never lived somewhere like where I’m…