It seems like the majority of stories are about bar girls being bad and in it for as much money as they can pry off a foreigner only to jump to the next person who gives them attention. I never thought I would write about my experience with a bar girl as it’s very personal…

I met my Thai partner in my Western home country when I was 24. She was 30 and hot. She had a 13-year-old daughter from her previous Thai partner and she had moved abroad to work and send money home to support her parents and daughter who she said she had left with her parents….

I was living in Honolulu Hawaii and had pretty much run through the single scene. It was unfulfilling at best bars nightclubs the island is small and the dating market was so thin on the ground. A friend of mine was constantly talking about his trips to Thailand. Of course it sounded amazing and I…

As of 2023 I’ve lived in Asia for just over 20 years. I’m 44 years old now so was 34 at the time. I had lived in Shanghai working for a manufacturer firm for about 3 years. I knew the ins and outs of life there for the most part after having a great team…

From Nan’s point of view she diligently toiled away on her farm experimenting with crops and animals before settling upon fish farming. I sent a modest amount of financial help a few times for myself Nan was just an old friend whom I was happy to help out a little. But as soon as Australia…

I worked out in India and I fell in love with it and then used to go there for holidays. I found it quite lonely for a single traveler and also irritating as you can get talked into doing things you didn’t really want to do. I was explaining this to a friend and he…

As far as the Thais are concerned that is not so much a holiday but a time to catch up with mother and the family renew driver’s licenses Thai passport transfer blocks of land vehicles etc. into their names that had been purchased by mother with the money the wife saved up and paid for…

It was COVID and they had just opened the Phuket Sandbox which was a great relief for me because I knew I did not have to do quarantine. And at this time Bangkok had been locked down meaning I would have quarantined into a lockdown. I’d been working hard all through COVID I was very…

My name is John and I am currently living in Japan for the last 6 years. After 6 years in Japan I came to a fork in the road in my life. I was not happy with my work in Japan and I broke up with a Japanese girlfriend of three years the year prior….