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.
We have traveled extensively in Africa Asia the Middle East as well as Europe. Often we’re assumed to be an old gay couple. This assumption is okay in Europe and can actually get you special treatment but in some countries not so much. Just before COVID we decided to go to Cambodia and explore Angkor…
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…
This is a story from a few years ago. When I was 26 years old I’m Scandinavian I had decided to go on a kite surfing week long course about 30 kilometers from Hua Hin in a rural area. This was my first time in Thailand and from the moment I set foot outside the…
A bit of background I’m in my early 30s and have been traveling to Thailand since 2015. This is going to be two stories packed into one starting in the Philippines and the second part is kind of related to it happening in Thailand. In 2018 I was on my regular summer trip to Bangkok…
Way back in the mid 1980s I was going to college in the San Francisco Bay Area and I had to work a couple of part time jobs to pay for it. One of my jobs was at a local cable TV company in a town south of San Francisco. I worked with a small…
It was around June of 2015. Me and two of my friends, 24 years old at the time, decided to go on a trip to Thailand after serving for three years in the military. We booked a flight for February 2016 and worked our day jobs while counting the days until the flight. February 2016,…
My partner was at the top of the tree the disguised working girl. Poorly educated beautiful but street cunning. We met in Melbourne Australia five years ago. I supported her through the pandemic and all was good with us holidaying together she spent Christmas with my family I met most of her family in Bangkok….
This was not my first trip to Singapore but it was the first trip traveling alone no other business associates. I think the year was 2014 or maybe 2013. I had mapped out ahead of time where I was going to stay at the Hotel Jen because it was located near to Singapore‘s Orchard Tower…
I’m a 33 year old guy from the UK. I’ve had eight previous trips to Pattaya. Not sure this story is applicable but might be worthwhile as a cautionary tale for fellow travelers. The lady arrives and we complete a sweaty session of aerobics. She leaves and I get some sleep. I wake an hour…