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.
They say to make a million in Thailand, you need to start with $2 million. Well, I only had $250,000 and I moved to Thailand hoping to become a millionaire. I was sick to the back teeth of the outlook of my life back at home in the UK. And I’d been to Thailand on…
The first time I went to Thailand was in 2010. Like many people who go, I loved it. There wasn’t anything I disliked about Thailand. And no, I wasn’t one of the guys who liked to go to the bars all the time. I preferred doing more cultural things – going to the temples, going…
This story took place a few years ago after six or seven trips to Thailand the first three to Phuket and the third and fourth to Pattaya. I mainly hung around and stayed around the Soi Buakhao and LK Metro area but moved around most of Pattaya during my nights out. I spent some time…
I wish I had a happy story to tell, but unfortunately, no matter how much I tried to make my ending a happy one, it always failed. My Thai wife rinsed good and proper, not only for money but also for a marriage and a visa, not including the time I wasted trying to make…
In 1988, Cebu City, Philippines, I considered myself someone who had been around the block more than a few times. A reasonably tough nut. I was wrong. Three moments proved it. Incident 1 The Transactional Mindset The first occurred in a large open-air beer garden I used to frequent in the evenings with my Filipino…
Up until I went to Cambodia, I never thought it would be a country I would visit. And the only reason I was there was because I had retired the year earlier in Thailand, and I was getting very carried away with everything that Thailand had to offer. I was 56 when I retired. I’d…
I went to Pattaya for a two-week holiday with my friends. By the end of everything, I had proposed to a 21-year-old Thai girl that worked on Soi 6, promised her family a million baht, a house, and monthly payments… All while my wife and kids back in the UK had no idea what I…
I thought I knew Thailand. Yet, those two small miscalculations leave me in the position I’m in today. I’m in a position of hopelessness, a position of being ripped away from where I meant to be because of the actions of others, and an understanding that the world I grew up in, the world that…
I’ve never told this story to anyone before because it’s just too embarrassing. When I met this girl in Thailand, I thought I had found someone completely different from the usual stories you hear about. Instead, I ignored every red flag in front of me, got myself deeper and deeper into the situation, and even…