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…
This would be my second visit to Phuket. On my first visit I had a girlfriend with me from Bangkok. She was familiar with Phuket so we saw the highlights and partied. This time I was by myself and had the opportunity to have some fun alone. I did not get too bang into it…
I have been watching content of Thailand since my early 20s but always had a fear of flying so I never made the trip. However I decided in January this year to book the flight as I was now 30 and not getting any younger. I booked 4 weeks from May 21st to June 18th….
Story 1 Red Wine Gremlin I’m a 65 year old man and a US Navy veteran. My first visit to Thailand was in 1979 on a Western Pacific cruise that included visits to many adult entertainment zones from Hawaii to Thailand. As a young sailor in the past I was fortunate to have many old…
I was blind to everything that could happen and thought I was doing everything right. If only I had seen a channel like this before I shacked up with the wrong girl there’s a chance things could have turned out better. But we live and learn. My story is here to help and warn other…
I am half Thai myself born in Bangkok to a Thai mother and Australian father but raised in Sydney. I can’t read or write Thai but I can speak the language fluently comparable to a high school student. There are some topics that I don’t have a vocabulary for mainly adult concepts such as politics…
This story is about two Thai women one a go go bar girl and one a normal Thai girl along with some other funny encounters I experienced on my first two week trip to Thailand. To start I would like to introduce myself. I am a 39-year-old single farang from America. Now my mom would…
I am not very confident in myself nor am I outgoing and the first three nights I was there I didn’t get involved with any women. But on the fourth night I went to Soi 6. When I first arrived in Pattaya I had been refusing to follow any of the girls when they approached…
Long time listener first time writer. 6 years ago when I was 44 I came across YouTube videos about Thailand. Being divorced for 10 years and living alone I decided to book a trip. A coworker bet me $200 that I would not buy a ticket he lost. 3 months before flying I filled my…