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.
A Phuket Romance Strained by Health Conditions In October of 2021, I started talking to a beautiful then 35 year old Thai lady on the language exchange app HelloTalk. As our online relationship started to grow, we talked pretty much non stop. Indeed, on some weekend nights, we would literally spend 7 hours talking. Then…
Last year I visited Thailand for 2 weeks. This time I stayed for 3 weeks which still wasn’t enough time. I honestly wish I could just live there, but I’m still relatively young at 35 years old. This story is mainly about me, but while in Thailand I met a couple of new friends my…
In 2021, as COVID restrictions were being lifted, I accepted a job that required a minimum of 25% travel that would be at least one week in every month. Most trips were outside the US, and 50% of those trips were going to East Asia. Within 6 months after starting my job, I realized that…
I had been a smoker for much of my life, but when vaping appeared, I switched over replacing my smoking addiction with a hopefully slightly healthier addiction to vaping. When a friend invited me to his wedding in Chiang Mai, I decided to spend a few days in Bangkok before heading north. I packed a…
I was responsible for introducing at least 10 people to the country of Thailand. Friends that I had, family members even, and people I met over the few years when Thailand was still just a holiday place for me. I would sing Thailand’s praises, agree with the moniker that it was the land of smiles,…
My first trip to Thailand was exactly one year before the tsunami that killed so many and caused so much destruction. I was working in Taiwan at the time, and flying to points in Southeast Asia was very convenient from there. At the end of my 2 or 3 week shift there, I would take…
My name is Jim and I’m a 38 year old Swedish guy. This is my story from my holiday in Thailand. My story begins in 2018 when, after getting fed up with work and life in Sweden in general, I quit my job and had the opportunity to not work for a few years. I…
Nat had been juggling Dave and Jason for several weeks, but things were getting tougher. Dave had invested in the house, and Jason had invested in the bar. Now both of them were planning to arrive in Thailand at the end of the month. How would she handle this? She needed to have some well-planned…
Anyway, the following story goes back a few years and relates to my first trip to Thailand in 1993. It may appeal to some old timers because the story is timeless, the only real difference is the prices back then. What makes this story unusual is not the content but the place from where I…