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.
You’d probably refer to me as a two-week millionaire. The guy that works all year, saves as hard as he can, and flies to Thailand with a lot of money in his pocket and a lot of steam to get off his chest. I’d be happy if he referred to me as that, but that’s…
You will always come last in Thailand. You will always be an outsider looking in on the periphery of society. And it took me many years of living in Thailand to come to this understanding. In the West, we’re told to accept people into our countries for who they are. Different cultures, different ways of…
I’ve been going to Thailand for 25 years, every single year without fail, apart from during the lockdowns. Yet, after visiting earlier this year, 2025, I think I’m virtually 100% sure that I will not be returning to Thailand again. The reason I want to share my story is because I’m seeing other people having…
My Thailand retirement started off on rocky grounds. Nothing major happened, but as a guy who had never been to Thailand before, who had decided to retire there based on what I thought was accurate information, I was excited to go and witness what it was going to be like going to some of those…
Table of Contents Toggle A Life-Changing Decision The Moment That Changed Everything The Financial Struggle at Home An Apology to America Arriving in Thailand: A New Beginning First Impressions of Thailand Setting Up in Pattaya The Struggle to Find Online Work The Job That Almost Worked The Crushing Blow The Emergency Plan Finding Success in…
A Life of Missed Opportunities I didn’t even know it was possible to sink to such lows, but here I am anyway. Life never really treated me right. All my 20s and my 30s were spent feeling so out of place, feeling like there was nothing I could do to be in a position that…
It was in a town called Uthai Thani when I was having a barbecue on my way to Bangkok from Chiang Mai where I’d spent the previous 3 months after arriving in Thailand as a new expat. I was only there for one night about 2 hours north of Bangkok. But I ran into this…
Sometimes I think my life is cursed and that there is something wrong with me. I never seem to have been able to catch a break, always being one step behind everything going on in my life that felt like it was getting in the way of me being able to achieve great things. Anytime…
I’d been living in Thailand for 3 months and I was loving everything about it. I was down in Phuket and I was one of those guys that was doing remote work. Most of my days were spent in my room working and when I got a chance I’d go out to a local street…