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.
I first came to Thailand when I was 32 and I am 51 now and have been living here for 14 years. I never planned to move to Thailand. I had three friends who were going out to Thailand and I had recently split up with my girlfriend of 11 years. I decided to join…
It was 1990. I was 27 years old originally from the UK. I had been living in Australia for about 2 years and I had recently met a Philippine lady who I was very much in love with. I had decided to go back home to the UK on my own for a short holiday…
December 2019 I was living in Pattaya. I had a routine I’d get up in the morning go to exercise dip in the ocean and then proceed to have my lunch. Three to four times a week I’d go early evening to find a date. I wanted to have a date every day but as…
Marriage, Immigration, and a Child Custody Battle in England I have a story just to show it’s not just the bar girls who can be ruthless. I came to work in Thailand a few years ago. I was never into the bar scene but did have lots of fun in the clubs of Bangkok and…
A little bit about myself. My name is Mac and I’m from South Australia. My father is Chinese and my mother is Thai. They always spoke in English because neither of them spoke each other’s language. I was pretty much raised as an Australian country boy at the time 1989 there were no other Asian…
I’m an American attorney who primarily practices international law. A few years ago my work brought me to Cheonan just outside of Seoul. One day I received an advert a business card magnet stuck to the door of my apartment. It was an advertisement for in home Thai massage. 2 hour massages for what equates…
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…