A new Thailand Forum has been developed,  the largest forum currently is Thai Visa the forum has been developed, keeping in mind what the end user wants, the problem with Thai Visa, is that they are there by accident, they crush business owners when they refuse to advertise with them, I have been at the [...]

If you are trying to learn Thai on the internet, you should try signing up to our learning Thai section which is currently being plugged for more development.  The other alternative is to use Thai Translation services because you may not have the time to perfect a letter to your Thai partner. That company offers [...]

Seems like a mass exodus is underway from Best Burapha School Pattaya. Like many other parents we are pulling our two sons from this school due to their constant refusal to deal with the issue of Thai teachers hitting kids (I would point out the farang teachers do NOT do this to the best of [...]

Why do so many Thais, both old and young, always try to excuse this great countries deficiencies behind the “culture” argument? From major matters like the treatment of the poor (by the lack of social welfare) to minor matters like the showing of ridiculously gruesome pictures on the front of newspapers. Well my friends, slavery [...]

I just had my first trip to a hospital in Thailand, not actually for me, I was accompanying the wife. We went to the Bangkok Pattaya hospital because it’s the closest and she has been there before with the kids. What an eye opener it turned out to be. Its like walking into a 5 [...]

General alert with regards to using your Online accounts in internet cafes As a rule, we strongly advise against this. It has come to our attention that your on-line security maybe compromised if you access any of your internet accounts, via link-ups in internet cafes. There are numerous alerts and concerns that have recently been [...]

I have been an avid reader of the Jil in Pattaya blog now for several weeks, indeed you can see the link in the “blogs I read” section on this site. Ever since I started reading it I have been trying to work out what this guy actually “does” but thus far to no avail. [...]

Please NEVER use these agents. I can only speak for the UK (not the USA) but last year there were 35,000 applications from Thailand and less than 4% were declined – they will be for fraudulent applications or for lack of the correct info’. This info’ is readily available on the official UK government immigration [...]

If you are a UK Expat living in Thailand or even if you are still resident in the UK it is important to make a Will. You can make a fully legal will Onloine in Minutes for just £29.99

No – this isn’t about guys cruising in toilets. In Thailand this has another meaning altogether. This is the nickname given to the attendants who work in the male toilets in many of the Thai managed bars and discos. They are universally hated by tourists for the obvious reason, ie, do you really want some [...]