Culture

We’re super lucky to live in Thailand. Everywhere has its advantages and disadvantages but with its weather, its food and its people, Thailand really is a great place for expats to live. I’m happy to say I’ve lived here for 13 years (can’t believe it’s that long) and sometimes things happen that would usually seem…

When we come to live in another country it’s up to us to assimilate ourselves into the culture. It’s essential to keep an open mind to the different customs and practices that you may experience and then you really come to appreciate the country you have chosen to live in and you’ll find that the…

Well, it finally looks like everything is to open again (except for bars, for some reason Covid hates bars) and we can look forward to a state of normalcy again. Or can we? We keep hearing this term ‘new normal’. Are things really going to change post Covid 19? I’m sure this whole experience has…

Thais are generally a very friendly bunch and they respond very positively to foreigners who make an effort with their language. They might giggle at you for getting tones wrong and mispronouncing things but that’s all part of the fun of learning a new language. So if you are thinking of moving to Thailand or…

Let me start out by saying that this blog is intended as a light-hearted giggle and my intentions are certainly not to make anybody look stupid. With learning any other language we all have to go through a world of making silly (and sometimes very amusing) mistakes. I myself have made very many mistakes when…

With rainy season over, the days drenched in lovely sunshine and high season fast approaching; here are 5 great things to do in and around the seaside town of Hua Hin. Monsoon Valley – For the wine lovers amongst you can find Monsoon Valley vineyard just a 30 min drive into the mountains outside of…

There are so many fantastic aspects to living life as an expat in Thailand; the year round warm climate, the amazing food, the low cost of living and a relaxing lifestyle are just a few of the things that us expats love about Thailand. However, there’s one aspect about life in Thailand that most of…

Some would say they are irrational poppycock; others live by them on a daily basis for fear of bad luck. Whatever you think of them there are many of them and superstitions are ingrained into most cultures. We have plenty of them in the west: don’t put new shoes on a table, an itchy nose…

When it comes to life there are always small, seemingly insignificant things that we take for granted. Here are 5 small aspects about daily life here in Hua Hin that often go unnoticed by myself as they are things I encounter just about every day but are actually great. Countdown on traffic lights – I…

First and foremost, I’d like to state here that I love living in Thailand. The people, the food, the weather, the lifestyle and the culture all come together to make it a lovely place to live. Saying that, there are some things about living here that I (and other foreigners) find very difficult to understand.…