Welcome to This is Thailand

Sawasdee! Welcome to Thailand Musings!

Thailand Musings I first went to Thailand in 1997 and immediately fell in love with the country. Thailand at that time to me was mysterious and exotic, full of potentials and pitfalls. Fast forward to 2010 and here I am after 13 years and many trips to the LOS sharing, with the help of my Thai wife Golf, my experiences and knowledge with you here at Thailand Musings. Thailand may have lost some mystery for me, but it is still exotic and wonderful and I will always remember that first feeling when I stepped out into the Bangkok smog for the first time. I have yet to learn everything about Thailand and thankfully for all of us Golf is here to correct me when I err.

18 February 2008 ~ 3 Comments

My latest entry to the blogroll is a fairly new Thailand site called This is Thailand (I love the url) and authored by an American who is splitting his time between the U.S. and Thailand. Go ahead over and say “hi” if you don’t mind registering first. I must admit I haven’t commented there yet (are you reading this Bruce?) because of the need to register before you can comment. Yes I admit it I’m lazy that way.

I was found by him rather than the other way around and I’m glad he did find me because I’ve been enjoying reading his almost daily posts detailing his experiences in Bangkok. The tone is light and friendly and the posts are an easy read and (for me at least) a short getaway from life here in the U.S.

Recent posts have talked about cabbies in Bangkok, a night in Pattaya (no bargirls), and several posts about the service levels in Thailand. You can tell that he loves living in bangkok and even when frustrated is able to maintain a degree of patience and understanding for the Thai culture.

One thing that is noticeably absent from This is Thailand is any mention of prostitutes, bargirls or katoeys and for that I applaud. Lord knows there is plenty of that type of thing already available and I don’t think another blog about sex tourism in Thailand will help anyone, least of all the Thai’s.

The site is obviously growing and his blogroll has grown in the past few weeks from 4 sites to the current 50+ sites. You’ve been a busy guy trading links! What I really like about the blogroll he has is that it is divided into subject areas. I rarely see that and I think it is a huge help to the readers. In fact, maybe I should take a hint

So, if you love Thailand and need a daily fix of expat news and opinions head on over to This is Thailand and say Steve from Thailand Musing sent you.

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Steve started Thailand Musings in 2006 after meeting and marrying Golf on the site Thai Love Links. The site was started as a way to share information about Thailand, it's people, culture and traditions and has grown substantially since that time. As a long time visitor to the Kingdom Steve hopes you enjoy his thoughts and observations about Thailand and it's culture. He can be contacted here.

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3 Responses to “Welcome to This is Thailand”

Richard 19 February 2008 at 6:34 pm Permalink

After such praise for a clean site he posts an article on beautiful Thai girls and how difficult it is to stay faithful!
Steve 19 February 2008 at 10:06 pm Permalink

Maybe as a response to my post? Anyway he is right, the beautiful girls are a nice bit of eye candy when in Thailand. Golf actually points them out to me! And I’m no saint when you consider some of my posts. Overall his post was no more than PG and at least he didn’t mention gogo joints or bargirls.
Richard 20 February 2008 at 5:24 pm Permalink

Haha! Very true, I think it is a common pastime for all men in BKK I think!

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