Thailand Blogs

As the London bound Qatar Airways flight thundered down the runway at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok on 16th January 2009 I slipped into my usual reflective mood to help pass away the long flight via the Gulf. Continue reading →

After my return to the UK in July 2007 life became fairly hectic, it certainly wasn’t straightforward, but somewhere along the way I made a decision to pack up work in the UK and move to Thailand. Continue reading →

I’d like to be able to say that my life was a bed of roses as the Qatar Airways flight settled gently onto the long runway at Changi airport in Singapore. But it wasn’t, the sixteen or so hours since I had left the UK had been spent for the most part thinking about the last time I had headed to the Far East, my then travelling companion and what had happened in the five years that had passed since my first visit to Thailand. Continue reading →

My love affair with Thailand started in the beginning of the new Millennium and came to an end in August 2011. An affair, which like many physical love affairs, started innocently enough, but grew into something that eventually became destructive.

Along the way I have experienced highs and lows, an emotional roller-coaster on occasions, that’s how the Land of Smiles tends to treat you once you are hooked by her seductive charms. So how did a very ordinary, somewhat conservative, long time public servant fall for Thailand? Continue reading →