Expat Life

Life and living in Bangkok as an expat. From buying condos to daily life,shopping and cooking.

Cooking Curries with Yai Thip

These are edited excerpts from our book A Potato in a Rice Field: Fanfan also takes on a project during our year in Broken…

These are edited excerpts from our book A Potato in a Rice Field: ‘Lao Khao’, or ‘White Spirit’, as it translates in English, is…

These are edited excerpts from our book A Potato in a Rice Field: Through 2015 I was living with a local family in rural…

This post is more for expats and digital nomads who run their own media while travelling or basing themselves in Thailand. At the same…

Located just off the coast of Pattaya, Koh Larn is the nearest island to Bangkok, or at least it is the most accessible island…

No matter where you are in Bangkok, a 100 Baht taxi ride will pretty much always find you well off the tourist path, which really…

Thai VISA runs have become a main feature on this blog, having now covered most myself in nearby Asia (check here for my Top…

When in Isaan I would cycle pretty much daily in the local village and through the rice fields, a habit which I have taken…

This is quite probably the least likely post for me to share, given my deep hatred for shopping, but being a married man and…

Most western tourists will be able to arrive to Thailand without a visa, and will be given ‘visa exemption‘ on arrival, guaranteeing a 30…