Looking back, the events that led me to a very long relationship with Thailand and Thai people seem like a tale narrated by a devious author full of intrigue twists and turns. My first Thai acquaintance was a man called Tim. As with all revolving doors along one’s destiny fate played a big hand in…
After a couple of weeks of being back home from Vietnam and realizing that my Vietnam adventure was more lust than love with the girl I spent time with I went back on Tinder with a paid subscription to match with girls. No I’m not a drinker so I generally don’t go to bars which…
I have been married to a Thai for 17 years and have traveled to Thailand 28 times so I’ve had frequent interactions with the Thai health system dental visits doctor’s appointments surgery and emergency procedures. I also worked in the Australian public health system for 13 years so I’m very familiar with both health systems….
Story One: A Rookie’s First Trip to Flipper House and Soi 7 So in February 2023 I retired at the age of 59 after 41 years at work. I had visited a few Thai places in the UK and wanted to experience the bar girl and go go life out in Thailand. In March 2023…
I am happily married and come from Liverpool in the UK. Despite visiting Thailand since 1997 it wasn’t until three trips with my family and two others in Phuket that I got the Thailand bug. Back then there was plenty to do as a family and then at night plenty to do with my friends…
Story 1 Handbag Left Behind in Phuket I’ve been a frequent visitor to the Land of Smiles since the year 2000. Here’s a positive story from one of those trips in 2017 when I was 36. I was in a short relationship with Yanhee a girl from my local area I met through my sister….
I’m now 35 years old unmarried I don’t intend to tie the knot anytime soon and I’m also on the chubby side. My first visit to Thailand was in April 2019. I was then working in IT with a company like Amazon but based out of Hong Kong. After 2 years of working in Hong…
My first experience in Pattaya was in 2022 My first experience in Pattaya was in 2022 with a friend of mine who I work with. We agreed to scour this foreign land of Thailand to see what all the hype was about. Since we are true nomads and had already explored and conquered all of…
It was about my 10th trip to Thailand and my friend Mike and I had decided to go to the famous Bangla Road in Patong Phuket as neither of us had been to Phuket before. The taxi ride in was a ridiculous 800 baht which I soon found out was pretty normal for Phuket because…