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.
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….
Upon arriving in Pattaya in the winter of 2017 with a couple of my friends for a four-week holiday they showed me how things worked in Pattaya and especially everything about the nightlife. Being my first time in Thailand I was warned by my friends “Do not fall in love with a bar girl especially…
Story 1: From a Factory Job to a First Thailand Adventure The place I was working at hired a new guy named John. John was a little older than me but he began telling me stories about Thailand. I’ve always wanted to travel but never enough to actually start saving up. After talking to John…
Story 1 Falling for a Professional My story begins in the height of the pandemic September 2021. As an American citizen our travel options were limited to Mexico or Thailand. I have visited Bangkok a few times before and it seemed like a much better option. I opted for the Sandbox scheme that let you…