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 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…
I never had the desire or interest to visit Thailand. It was never on my radar. In 2008 I was traveling in India for almost two months and ended up in Kathmandu Nepal with several friends. We were basically killing time there until our flight left. I talked to the airline to see if there…
The first time I came to Pattaya was in February 2019 for a 10 day holiday. I met a girl called Om. Back home we kept in touch on Messenger. She dreamed of going to Jomtien but had never got the chance. I said ‘As it’s your birthday present I’ll take you to Jomtien.’ She…
I wanted to share an experience I had in Phuket two years ago. My parents live in Phuket so I normally visit during the holidays every year. I come back to train at a Thai gym where I meet many different people from around the world. I went to Kudo Beach to have dinner and…
After hearing many of your subscribers’ stories I thought I would send you mine as I think it’s an amusing lesson and that I pretty well got my just desserts. It could have ended a lot worse. This was about 15 years ago. I was on holiday in Phuket staying at the quiet Laguna area…
Before I get to my next story one thing I’ve asked myself is why do I keep returning to Asia after so many tours in 35 years of doing so? Well I’m not a drinker nor do I do drugs which I mentioned in my first submission so hanging around a bar getting plastered is…
I’m an Asian female raised in the UK who has British nationality. I decided to spend the summer vacation with my Thai girlfriend. She was on summer break from university and I had a lot of leave still left over from work. We decided to do a big road trip around the south of Thailand….