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.
The story starts in 2013. I was 39 years old and I needed a holiday. I had not taken a trip abroad for a good number of years so I booked a trip to Thailand. I hadn’t done any real research but I heard Thailand was a great place to visit good food beautiful beaches…
My back story is I’m a widower of 10 years and have traveled widely over the years including Thailand. Not being a drinker or a party animal I have always kept myself to myself. I have walked around the hot spots of Bangkok Phuket and Koh Samui and always enjoyed the view but I never…
I am a 31 year old man from somewhere in northern Europe. I have autism social anxiety and a personality disorder. My whole adult life I have struggled with depression. I don’t have any friends and I’ve never had any success with women. One day in 2018 I made an impulsive decision to book a…
It was June 2022 last year. We are three Asian Canadian friends in our early 30s who have known each other since high school. It was our second time in the Philippines. We had a five day trip to Manila five years prior and we were clueless about the whole bar scene during our first…
After many years of wanting to visit China and Shanghai in particular I finally started the process of applying for a visa. This meant jumping through many hoops including an interview and significant expenses. However I managed to secure my visitor’s visa. Fast forward to March 2019 and I flew to Shanghai. I took a…
I have been to Thailand many times but I always say it takes at least three visits to learn the basics such as how to deal with bar girls avoid scams and know where to go and where not to go. By ‘where not to go’ I don’t just mean safety as Pattaya is relatively…
I planned a trip to Tokyo Bangkok and Pattaya. It was the worst trip I’ve ever had. I’ll skip the Tokyo leg and go straight into the Bangkok and Pattaya leg. I landed in Bangkok literally one week ago as I wrote this. My driver took me to my hotel on Sukhumvit Road. I checked…
I’d like to go back to 2010 when I had been single for two years after getting divorced. I went to work every day trudging along with my life having a few dates but none of them giving me any kind of spark. There were a couple of guys I worked with who were regular…
I stayed on Sukhumvit Soi. After spending my first day being a tourist I got myself ready to go out to Nana Plaza and Soi Cowboy. I first walked around the plaza trying to spot the one I wanted to spend my time with. Unfortunately nothing really jumped out at me so I took a…