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April 30, 2020 Richard 0

Welcome to my April 2020 cost of living report. It’s been an odd month with Covid-19 and the uncertainty it’s brought. Luckily things seem to […]

April 20, 2020 Richard 0

Another day, another hot topic on ex-pat Thai Twitter. Today, it’s all about electric bills and how, for most of us, they have gone up. […]

April 13, 2020 Richard 1

With an urgent need to reach thousands of tourists and ex-pats in Thailand in English, who did authorities and the public turn to? It wasn’t […]

April 3, 2020 Richard 0

After going through a host of Netflix shows over the past week I sat down to work in the living room whilst my girlfriend was […]

March 6, 2020 Richard 0

Last night, at one of my favorite restaurants here in Bangkok, I was about to serve myself some rice from a bowl and looked down […]

June 14, 2019 Richard 0

After several months of research and writing I’ve just published my new book: Golf In Thailand. I had the idea of writing a book for […]

May 9, 2019 Richard 0

The last few weeks I’ve noticed a load of customer service wearing earphones at work. This isn’t just when they’re stacking shelves but also when […]

May 2, 2019 Richard 3

Last week I posted an article about expat fads. I was pretty close to adding Thai football to the list. Roughly six months ago there […]

April 28, 2019 Richard 2

Every so often the expat community goes a bit crazy for a new product or service. After six months or so we realize that said […]