One thing that you’ll notice about Pattaya ladies, during any trip to Thailand’s premier nightlife orientated city, is the ready smiles that will come your way. Thailand is, of course, known the world over as ‘the land of many smiles’ and it really is a name that is well deserved. Everywhere you go you will [...]
With my previous submission being about Pattaya Ladies, I thought I’d better put something together about the ladyboys too… just for completeness! A Pattaya ladyboy is usually no different in terms of character than a bar-girl. If you are attracted to transsexual ladies you will be able to relax and do your thing in Pattaya [...]
It’s a cynical world we live in….. I’ve had the misfortune to notice, on more than one occasion, that in at least some quarters of the world at large there is a perception that any Western man involved in a romantic relationship with a Thai lady must be some sort of sexual deviant! When I [...]
So when I left off I was up to 2005 and the winds of change were ready to blow into my life. The past couple years I had been developing the idea of expatriating, leaving America to live in another country. What country though? I had been traveling quite a bit over the past 5 [...]
No.7. How Not to Handle Girls in Thailand’s Bars This time I’m sharing with you a tale about a guy who invited me to tell his story. He’s happy to have me write it up because he prefers to lurk in the background. We’ll call him Hank. The aircraft touched down bumpily at the old [...]
This is part 5 of the story An Adventure in Thailand. I should tell you the story of the westerner from England who met his girlfriend in Pattaya as this is a relevant story. I am telling you this because jealousy can creep into a relationship if you do not have the right sort of [...]
THAI TIDBITS No.3. Personal observations on matters of great, little, or no importance The go-go bar chrome pole that behaved badly. Due to the hush-hush content, this falls nicely into being of no importance. Some years ago, I worked in a temporary office – like a shack, really – in Pattaya. Visualize a crumbling parade [...]
We all have our own stories about how we came to Thailand, what attracted us to the country and what makes us stay (or leave). Woven throughout many of the stories are similar threads and I’m sure many will be able to see parts of their own Thailand adventure in this story that I received [...]
Soon my accustomed standard of living in the US will become my past. One minute I would say I miss Thailand so much and could not wait to go back to my homeland, but the next minute I start to feel stunned and don’t know what it’s going to be like to leave this country. [...]
This is the continuation of What Did My Thai Childhood Look Like by Golf. When I started the university it was a tough situation for my parents because just a couple years later my sister started hers too and both of us needed money at almost the same time. It was a sudden and huge [...]
I was quite surprised yesterday when I read the article proclaiming Thai student uniforms to be the sexiest student uniforms in the world. Not surprised about the uniforms being sexy, as a hetero male I am quite aware of the charms of the Thai student uniforms, but surprised about the source – Japanese Media! My [...]
Another comment from Martyn that I would love to write about because it was a reminder to me about my childhood; both the good and the bad memories… Steve and Golf, I can only go with my first thoughts which remained with me as I read through this post. I’d love to read a bit [...]
As requested in the comments on the post “A Thai Girl in America”, Golf has translated her post to Thai so you can share it with your Thai partners if you wish. แฟนหรือภรรยาคนไทยของคุณ สามารถปรับตัวให้เข้ากับประเทศของคุณได้อย่างไร? ฉันย้ายมาอยู่ประเทศอเมริกาเมื่อเดือนพฤศจิกายนปี 2549 ถึงตอนนี้หลายต่อหลายคนอาจจจะคิดไปว่าฉันนั้นคงคุ้นเคยกับวัฒนธรรม, ผู้คน, อาหารการกิน หรือว่าอะไรก็ตามแต่ในประเทศนี้ไปแล้ว แต่โดยทั้งหมดแล้ว ฉันคิดว่าฉันไม่สามารถปรับตัวได้ และคงไม่อาจปรับตัวได้ทั้งหมด สิ่งที่ฉันจะพูดถึงต่อไปนี้คือ สิ่งที่ฉันได้พยายามที่จะปรับตัวเองให้เข้ากับมัน ฉันรู้ว่าในบางประเทศอาจมีสิ่งที่แตกต่างออกไปจากนี้ แต่ทุกๆที่ ล้วนมีองค์ประกอบที่คล้ายๆ กันอยู่บ้าง ฉันได้แยกมันออกเป็นหัวข้อ ดังต่อไปนี้ ผลกระทบของวัฒนธรรมที่แตกต่างกัน / ความคิดถึงบ้าน – [...]
Last time Steve posted on the subject of “Do you want to know about Thai culture/language/food? Ask A Thai!! I want to start with this comment, which is similar to the post I’m thinking about writing now… As a Farang in Australia with a Thai partner, I would be interested in hearing about how Golf [...]
Thai culture expects men to pay a dowry (sin sot in Thai) or bride price prior to the marriage as a symbol of love, respect, appreciation and gratitude to the wife’s parents for raising and caring for her. It is a long standing tradition and is widely accepted in Thailand. And given the fact the [...]
