Category: Culture and Facts

  If you’re planning a trip to Thailand next year, one thing you might want to take into consideration when you choose your […]

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

  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 […]

Dating a Thai man can be completely different than dating a western man and, for some western women it can be frustrating and […]

  Every year, several thousand westerners come to Thailand and marry a Thai. Others come with a western boyfriend or girlfriend and get […]

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

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

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

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

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

Westerners who spend enough time around Thais quickly learn how close most Thais are to their families. But, even westerners who live many […]

  Hundreds of thousands of people move to Bangkok, Thailand every year. Some stay, most don’t. For some, soon after arriving, they realize […]

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

When you first arrive in Thailand, you see pretty quickly how thin Thai girls are. Of course, most Thai women are petite, but […]

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

One thing that confuses a lot of westerners in Thailand is, if they go out for dinner with a Thai or a group […]

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 […]

  A few weeks ago, I was with friends in a mini van on the way back from a day trip to Khao […]

More than 17 million tourists arrive in Thailand each year and, while here, visit the usual tourist destinations. Many of them, though, do […]

As more and more western expats plan on spending the rest of their lives in Thailand, the thought of getting Thai citizenship becomes […]