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 live and work in the north of Thailand teaching English at a school. I’m pretty happy and I live within my means. I don’t do anything dramatic and crazy here. I live off Thai food but once or twice a month I will eat something western. The area where I live feels really local…
I thought he was my friend. I mean, he was my friend. In fact, I would go as far as calling him my best friend. So, that’s why this stings so much. Me and my wife and him and his wife, we’d go out together all the time. We’d go out for meals around Bangkok….
A Holiday That Changed Everything One day I was living my normal life without any expectations that I was going to do anything different. Yet when I went on holiday to Thailand back in the year 2008, that’s when everything completely changed for me. If I think about it properly, I don’t think I should…
I never really thought it would come to this, but here I am anyway. Thailand, a country that I loved so much, became a country that I despised more than anywhere else. I guess that’s why I’m writing this in the first place. But while I went and fell in love with the country or…
I arrived in Thailand just after the end of the global pandemic, surviving on YouTube videos and the dream of a different life. I knew that I needed to do something different. I’d worked all my life and had just turned 52. And while I didn’t have enough money to retire, I thought I’d have…
I had been visiting Thailand every year since I was 10 years old. My mom and dad got divorced and my dad remarried to a Thai lady and moved to Thailand which meant I visited him every year. The first time I visited Thailand, it was far removed from what I was used to and…
My first trip to Thailand cost me my family. I wasn’t going on holiday. I wasn’t even going for pleasure. I was in business with one of my close friends. We just started it 6 months prior and we were looking for a distributor of certain products. This sent us on a whirlwind trip to…
I was from the United Kingdom and I moved to Thailand in 2016. I spent the years before that traveling around different countries in Southeast Asia. I wanted to find the one that I liked the most. I think that’s what many people do when you’re looking to retire in a different country. I thought…
I think the first thing I need to say is that I really did like Thailand. I enjoyed visiting and spending my time there and I thought I would want to go again until I could finally retire. I’ve not yet made my mind up if I want to retire to Thailand or if I…