Reader-submitted Thailand stories covering first trips, nightlife, Pattaya experiences, relationships, expat life and successful marriages. Real experiences from visitors and long-time Thailand regulars.
Before I came to Thailand, I had already been to 37 other countries. For many years, I didn’t want to visit the land of smiles because everyone went there. The movie The Beach with Leonardo DiCaprio came out in 2000, when I was 21 years old. Back then, it seemed like the whole world packed…
Story One Only in Thailand The Golf Cart Incident This is just a very, very short story sent into me by a lady living in Bangkok. And it’s just one of those things ‘only in Thailand.‘ It’s a very popular saying in Thailand. And this is one of those things that can only happen in…
My story starts in the middle of February 2019 when I worked as a freelance engineer for an engineering company in Rotterdam that designed built and installed food processing plants all over the world. I was working on my last project before leaving the company where my boss asked me to temporarily take over a…
Afternoon after 4 PM I grab a Chang beer or two yes you can buy them in some Tesco’s in the UK. I open the first one and take a break from working remotely at home for a bank in London. I sit down on my couch and then listen to your viewer stories. I…
It was the time of the financial crisis, and as I’m a self-employed plasterer, there wasn’t a lot of work around due to the housing market slowing down with the banks not borrowing much money for mortgages at this time. I was working in Mansfield at the time in a fire door production factory. I’d…
I want to start with a short backstory. I began my love of traveling to Asia about five years ago when I traveled to China on a few business trips and a few times for vacation. Before I took my first trip I learned that I would need to set up a WeChat profile to…
The Gem Scam And a Lesson in Temple Etiquette This is quite a good warning. It’s a bit of an old scam called the Gem Scam. I think most people are aware of this now but this is something that actually happened and it will give you a good idea of what you shouldn’t do…
As I was getting ready to be married I was back in my home country and was in a car accident with my brother. No one was hurt but it was a pretty bad crash and so I canceled my stag party that evening. My wife was very fair and because I missed out on…
Started boring enough. I thought I would go out for a walk have an agreeable meal and maybe find a massage with extra services. When I left my hotel I headed off in a different direction from the usual way I normally go. The normal way is generally packed with people and I was quite…