@jack.russelle

I haven't lived here for ages but I have been here long enough to know that there are a few famous cities here in Thailand that attracts the most tourists to beaches. They are Phu…

Drugs are a big part of Thai life. I don't use any of it because I never felt so compelled but drugs, especially a type of meth that is referred to as "ya ba" (literally translate…

Let's keep the grim news stories rolling ok? I love Thailand's beaches. I think they are some of the most beautiful in the world and unlike some of their contemporaries on other…

There's a horrifying story making the rounds right now that I hope can make international news so that the people responsible don't simply disappear into the wealthy-people jungle …

I love where I live in Chiang Mai, in the far north of Thailand but during this time of year it is extremely hot here and we don't really have a great deal of relief other than swi…

I couldn't help but kind of laugh when I saw the headlines on a couple of English-language websites that focus on Thailand news because since the online site is probably very close…

I have a friend that lives in Phuket and I enjoy going to visit him but lately I have found myself getting a bit annoyed at how many other people there are there. I feel like Phuk…

I'll start out with a summary of what the opinion is of people here in Chiang Mai, Thailand as far as the escalating violence between Thailand and Cambodia that is going on at a do…

The road to disaster is paved with good intentions is how the saying goes but Thailand is going to shoot themselves in the foot again with this idea of theirs that is actually a go…

This is the title of a book that I recently read and honestly, I can't believe that something like this has never been released. I'm on the "back 9 of a decade" living here in Tha…

Let me explain a little bit about what I mean here. Thailand made news waves a bit ago when they became the first country in this part of the world to legalize the recreational u…

The story focused mainly on the popular beach area of Pattaya but it may as well be about any of the other traditionally popular beach areas of this country. In the video the pe…

Thailand regularly has one of the top 3 highest road mortality rates (based on per capita) of any country in the world. They have gotten gold a couple of times and are normally o…

and I'm here to say that at least in the short run, this could maybe be a good thing. Thailand is a strange place as far as living here long-term is concerned because they clearl…

There must be a lot of people that are not getting busted or something because I can't wrap my head around the people that seem to think that taking many kg of marijuana out of Tha…

This particular scam is one that I have been warning people about for years because more than one of my friends has been directly affected by it. The scam goes like this: You bu…

Well this is an award that you definitely do not want if 20% of your GDP depends on tourism, which is the case in Thailand. After years of living here I have learned how to avoi…

Now this is a story that I am going to be a bit on the fence about because I know from personal experience that there are a lot of condo owners and house owners in this country tha…

It was many years ago and I was just sitting in the yard of my friend's house and using my poker chip set that I had brought over from my home country. We were playing Blackjack …

I read an article recently about how the number of Chinese tourists visiting Thailand in a day dropped from 15 to 20 thousand down to just over 5,000. Many that are involved in t…