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Chris founded LivingThai.org in 2011 and has received over 3 million visitors. He has lived here for over 10 years and speaks reads and writes very good Thai.

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Top 10 Hotels Close To Pattaya Walking Street

Sometimes it’s good to be close to the action especially if you’re on vacation and because Pattaya is super humid at night you really don’t want to be too far. There is no real center of Pattaya but if I […]

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The Demonization of “Seeing Prostitutes”

The act of seeing a prostitute in Western countries has been demonized, sometimes even more so than the act of prostitution itself.  In many states in the U.S., if you’re caught soliciting a prostitute, you’ll be arrested and charged, and […]

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Making It Rain in a Thailand GoGo

In case you are unfamiliar with the term, “making it rain,” here is the definition as it’s listed in urbandictionary.com:   When you’re in da club with a stack, and you throw the money up in the air at the strippers. […]

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More Soapy Massages than Temples

They call Bangkok the City of Angels and at least in Thai that’s what it means, but to the outside world they call it the city of sex and there’s no shortage of answers why. One of those reasons is […]

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How To Ruin Your Trip To Thailand

How many people do you know who took a trip to Thailand, and didn’t like it? The answer is probably zero or close to it. Is that because Thailand is one of the easiest places to have a great trip? […]

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Young Guys Bringing Thai Prostitutes Home

There’s a decent amount of bar girls in Pattaya who have spent a few months or even a couple of years with a foreign man in his home country, before coming right back to the bar shortly after.  The strange […]

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Who stole my shoes on Koh Chang island Thailand?

My first time on the island of Koh Chang was right before Christmas in 2013. I was lucky to find an available room at Koh Chang Hut Hotel but after checking in it appeared the room was still in the […]

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Cyber-begging in Thailand

What started as a funny 2 minute rant on You Tube from an unknown shirtless teen turns into a question of equality and respect regarding money that Thai’s rarely talk about. Thai’s aren’t shy about discussing money especially asking about […]

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Renting in Thailand

One of the big worries people have about renting in Thailand is losing their deposit because let’s face it there’s plenty of Thai’s here they only see dollar signs when they meet a westerner. So get ready for this, if […]

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Gold Digger Gangs in Thailand

Ask children around the world what they want to be when they grow up. The guys will say a fireman, policeman, doctor, politician while the girls are more likely to be models, actors, celebrities. But as some of these kids […]

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25 Ways people are making money in Thailand

If you wanted to make money in Thailand then the best way is to find out what other people are doing that is working and if it’s your style then try to do the same thing. You don’t always have […]

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Chinese Takes a dump in the Moat

The stories lately about the Chinese bad behaviour in Chiang Mai continues with a photo of an apparent Chinese tourist in Chiang Mai taking a dump in the moat. Does the photo really show what appears to be a lady […]

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Top 7 Most Popular Dating Sites in Asia

Find out what the most popular dating sites in Asia are in order of popularity these Asian Dating sites are the best of the best you could probably sign up to each and every one and have the same luck […]

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Learn To Type In Thai

As I’ve repeated many times in this blog the secret to learning the Thai language quickly is knowing the Thai Alphabet. The biggest reason is Thai people virtually live on Facebook and with the price of smart phones continually falling […]

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The real GoGo Guru’s of Bangkok

Probably one of the most underrated websites in Bangkok is BangkokNightlife.com it isn’t getting near as enough attention as it deserves. There’s a hundred or so blogs talking about Bangkok some are boring some are old news and most really suck. Most […]

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Warning Australian Pensioner Don't Get Married

Warning Australian Pensioner Don’t Get Married!

Recently I inquired what would happen to my pension if I married. The answer surprised me. In a nut shell it’s this; If in a defacto (common law) or legal marriage arrangement the pensioner will get a marriage pension which is […]

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