Welcome to the Thailand stories category of the site. Here you will find all different types of stories from the Land of Smiles.
From newbies first experiences in the Thailand night life, the old timers tales from Pattaya and even successful marriage stories with Thai women.
I first visited Thailand in March 2015 with a friend who had visited Thailand two or three times over the years prior. We decided we would travel the country spending two or three days in every place that we ended up. We started our holiday in Pattaya and ended in Phuket taking in Koh Samui…
I was recently in Pattaya for the first time and thought I would start off with a bang. After arriving in Bangkok and getting a ride to Pattaya (shout out to Nam’s Taxi Service) I changed my clothes and headed down to Walking Street. I did a little bit of research beforehand and already made…
I am retired and found I had a lot of time on my hands. I am well off not super rich but very comfortable. My wife passed away 9 years prior to my retirement. Upon retirement I decided to travel globally. I did travel quite a bit. Somehow Thailand never even hit my radar until…
Before revealing the moment that almost made me fall to my knees and return home while still at Bangkok Airport let me tell you about my mental status of that morning. The night before leaving Australia I was so excited that I couldn’t sleep more than an hour or two. Although the Thailand Pass was…
I grew up in a very poor family in a village just outside of Khon Kaen in Isaan which is around 450 kilometers north of Bangkok. I have three brothers all older than me. My dad ran off with another lady when I was about 10 years old leaving my mother to raise us by…
In the mid 90s I was a young sailor in the Navy and while on deployment we were scheduled to pull into port in Phuket for three days. I was so excited. All of the older sailors would tell us stories about the place that seemed too good to be true. I was amazed by…
Let me start this story by giving you a bit of background on myself. You can call me Bill. I’m an American and was in the U.S. Navy from the late 1980s through to the mid 1990s and I saw quite a bit of traveling to Europe North Africa the Caribbean and the Mediterranean. After…
I never had the desire or interest to visit Thailand. It was never on my radar. In 2008 I was traveling in India for almost two months and ended up in Kathmandu Nepal with several friends. We were basically killing time there until our flight left. I talked to the airline to see if there…
The first time I came to Pattaya was in February 2019 for a 10 day holiday. I met a girl called Om. Back home we kept in touch on Messenger. She dreamed of going to Jomtien but had never got the chance. I said ‘As it’s your birthday present I’ll take you to Jomtien.’ She…