Culture and Facts

  Going to a party in Thailand is unlike attending a party anywhere else in the world. Unlike in the US, where I thought most parties were boring,…

  If you’re planning a trip to Thailand next year, one thing you might want to take into consideration when you choose your holiday dates are Thailand’s public…

At the beginning of every school year in Thailand, (usually in October but some schools do this in January or even June), every Thai student participates in Wai…

  We get a lot of people asking us what everyday life is like living in Bangkok, Thailand. Well….it’s hot, it’s humid and it’s very very crowded. But…

Dating a Thai man can be completely different than dating a western man and, for some western women it can be frustrating and confusing. If you’re dating a…

  Every year, several thousand westerners come to Thailand and marry a Thai. Others come with a western boyfriend or girlfriend and get married while they’re here. Getting…

Many men in Thailand, both rich and poor, have a ‘mia noi’. A ‘mia noi’, roughly translated, means ‘minor wife’ or mistress and has been common in Thai…

Tens of thousands of people visit Thailand every year,  not for a holiday but to take a Buddhist meditation course. Thailand is famous the world over for meditation…

Using the bum-gun in Thailand is easy One of the most amazing Asian inventions is the toilet hose or ‘bum gun’. This is a small hose with a…

  Lately, I’ve been taking buses instead of my usual taxi. Only because it dawned on me a 7 minute bus ride is only 12 baht and a…

Living as an expat in Thailand makes you schizophrenic. Really it does. As an expat living in Thailand, I’ve met many other expats living here and they all…

Westerners who spend enough time around Thais quickly learn how close most Thais are to their families. But, even westerners who live many years in Thailand don’t always…

  Hundreds of thousands of people move to Bangkok, Thailand every year. Some stay, most don’t. For some, soon after arriving, they realize it was the biggest mistake…

  Learning Thai isn’t easy as it’s a tonal language with a completely different alphabet than European languages, yet, if you learn at the right Thai language school…

When you first arrive in Thailand, you see pretty quickly how thin Thai girls are. Of course, most Thai women are petite, but they are also often tiny…

  Once I’d decided I was going to live in Thailand, one of the things I made sure I learned first when I got here was how to…

One thing that confuses a lot of westerners in Thailand is, if they go out for dinner with a Thai or a group of Thais, who’s expected to…

Living a long time in Thailand, there isn’t a week goes by where there’s not a story in the local Thai newspaper about yet another Western man dying…

  A few weeks ago, I was with friends in a mini van on the way back from a day trip to Khao Yai. About an hour outside…

More than 17 million tourists arrive in Thailand each year and, while here, visit the usual tourist destinations. Many of them, though, do not generally think about what…