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 come from a small and poor country in the Balkans. Growing up in a stereotypical ‘rough’ neighborhood being raised by my poor single mum as a teenager learning a martial art was a bare minimum. I had to do it to keep myself safe even returning from school was a challenge. I wanted at…
Seems like these are never ending disaster stories many my own fault. After a couple more disasters lately I think I found a happy ending. I am now 75 still fit and healthy in all ways. I have been coming to Thailand from Australia since 2017 mostly motorcycle riding and other pursuits. Where I left…
I first visited Thailand in March 2015 with a friend who had visited Thailand two or three times over the years prior. We decided we would travel the country spending two or three days in every place that we ended up. We started our holiday in Pattaya and ended in Phuket taking in Koh Samui…
I was recently in Pattaya for the first time and thought I would start off with a bang. After arriving in Bangkok and getting a ride to Pattaya (shout out to Nam’s Taxi Service) I changed my clothes and headed down to Walking Street. I did a little bit of research beforehand and already made…
I am retired and found I had a lot of time on my hands. I am well off not super rich but very comfortable. My wife passed away 9 years prior to my retirement. Upon retirement I decided to travel globally. I did travel quite a bit. Somehow Thailand never even hit my radar until…
Before revealing the moment that almost made me fall to my knees and return home while still at Bangkok Airport let me tell you about my mental status of that morning. The night before leaving Australia I was so excited that I couldn’t sleep more than an hour or two. Although the Thailand Pass was…
I grew up in a very poor family in a village just outside of Khon Kaen in Isaan which is around 450 kilometers north of Bangkok. I have three brothers all older than me. My dad ran off with another lady when I was about 10 years old leaving my mother to raise us by…
In the mid 90s I was a young sailor in the Navy and while on deployment we were scheduled to pull into port in Phuket for three days. I was so excited. All of the older sailors would tell us stories about the place that seemed too good to be true. I was amazed by…
Let me start this story by giving you a bit of background on myself. You can call me Bill. I’m an American and was in the U.S. Navy from the late 1980s through to the mid 1990s and I saw quite a bit of traveling to Europe North Africa the Caribbean and the Mediterranean. After…