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.
Pandemic Dating Content and the Passport Bro Idea Today’s story is about a man who wanted total control and convinced himself moving to Southeast Asia would be the answer to all his problems. Like many people, I found myself consuming an awful lot of online content during the COVID pandemic. furoughed from work, not being…
Tom the Taxi Driver from England So, let’s begin. I’ve got to give you a little bit of background on the two people involved. The first guy, we’ll call him Tom for the sake of the story. He’s an English guy. At the time, this story goes back about 27 years. So, it’s not something…
I think I brought 6,000 back with me. They said to me, “Oh, the salary is 18,000 Thai Baht. “They weren’t lying, but they also weren’t telling the full truth. I just stood at the front of the class, just started shouting about tapeworms. They wouldn’t give us a full principal title. And I agree….
I would like to say that my Thailand journey began a very long time ago. I was at university in London and I became close friends with a girl from Thailand who was studying there as well. She was from an extremely wealthy family, spoke just as good English as I did, and originally she…
Story 1: The Big Show in Colombia and a Police Scare My buddy Mike and I decided to go back to Colombia after taking a break for a few years. We rented a two-bedroom, two-bath apartment with Jacuzzi tub in a top hotel the Beverly Hills of Colombia. A month before our trip, we had…
Girlfriend Salaries Can Turn Dating Into a Financial Transaction I call them simps. These are the guys who arrive here, forget every financial rule they’ve ever followed, and decide the best way to get a girlfriend is to open their wallet and keep it open. Now, before anyone gets angry, I’m not talking about every…
I’ve stopped calling people simps. I’m now calling them simpoids. So instead of mongaloids we call them simpoids. And there are tons of these types of characters here in Thailand. I think it’s fair and right to say that there are a lot of decent, happy couples that are married, that have got kids where…
I lost £350,000 in Thailand, and even having to say that out loud makes me feel sick in the pit of my stomach. Losing money was the furthest thing from my mind when I boarded that plane and set off for my new life. I thought the only way from there was up, but I…
The cold and miserable days that I escaped from are nothing but a constant for me now and act as a cruel reminder of everything I lost. It’s 0°. I can’t afford to put the heating on, so I’m wrapped in five layers of clothing as well as a blanket. And to make things even…