This is just a brief trip report of my Pattaya to Cambodia visa run on 20th March 2018. This time I decided to do the visa run with 1st Class visa service, based at the Queen Victoria pub on Soi 6. I took a few notes of the schedule along the way, and it went […]
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The Expert Expat Mum
Please note, this article was published in 2017. The most recent update was to make some minor edits to outbound links. How easy or difficult is living in Pattaya as an expatriate family? And what sort of life can a foreign woman expect in Pattaya? Being an ex-pat lady, wife, and mother with several years […]
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You either love Pattaya, or you hate it. Actually, that’s not true; you may think Pattaya is “just okay”, or you may decide “Pattaya is not for you,” but you don’t hate the place. However, If you read press reports and visit travel forums and blogs, you will be presented with many good reasons why […]
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I remember 2016 as a year of farewells when many of my colleagues working in the offshore industry decided to quit Thailand and head home. I also remember one remarkable thing they had in common. They left Thailand with their heads held high, upbeat, and looking forward to a new life and a new adventure. […]
Continue ReadingCan Pattaya Survive Without Sex
The Thai authorities often claim they intend to clean up tourism in Thailand. Specifically, they are going to clean up tourism related to the sex trade. If it happened, it would mean an end to girlie bars and other adult nightlife venues in Thailand’s popular tourist destinations like Pattaya, Bangkok, etc, that also have such […]
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