I love the
area in which I live. It’s filled with
wonderfully kind and generous working class Thais. Free from the issues that plague the tourist
areas of Thailand. The very few foreigners
who live around here are respectful of Thai culture and the Thais are only
trying to earn an honest dollar.
In 2 nights
of Songkran celebrations, the only white face I saw was the one staring back at
me as I was taking a selfie (we were only 30km from the centre of Bangkok). But I’m happy with that. I can’t see the point of moving to another
country if you’re not going to live like a local. The food, the culture and the experience of
Thailand. You must embrace it all.
We spent
about 3 hours each night playing water on Prakesa Road in the Province of Samut Prakan. This place goes off. I’m pleased to say that we didn't see any accidents or any
violence. Just thousands of very happy
and friendly people doing what Thais love to do most, PARTY.
The locals were
extremely accepting of me, even to the point where I sometimes felt like a rockstar
with the amount of attention I was getting.
Crazy.
Before I
moved to Thailand, I never even dreamed that girls (& some men) would line
up to have their photo taken with me.
I’m still shocked at how often it happens, even when no alcohol is
involved. Ta, my extremely patient and
understanding wife, was happy to be the camera person as girls lined up to have
their photo taken with me. Life can be
so tough. Why would you play Songkran surrounded
by all the foreign tourists and Expats when you can celebrate like this!
Also wanting
to highlight the fact that the girls aren’t prostitutes either, they don’t want
anything from me and they’re respectful of the fact that I have a Thai partner. All they want to do is celebrate Songkran,
share their happiness and have fun with the only farang that had come along to
play.
The people here
don’t have a lot, but they will generously share what little they do have. I couldn’t walk 100 metres without someone
wanting to share their beer or whiskey. Plus
so many people just offering a simple smile or water for our gun, everyone was just
genuinely excited to spend time with a farang.
Could you
even imagine offering for a complete stranger to drink from your glass where
you live?
Yes, it is a
fantasy world, but it’s a wholesome fantasy world. My life here is free from bars and
You don't
need bars to see sexy girls in Thailand, they're everywhere.
Even the
local Police were friendly. I shook
hands with one cop and the hand shake lasted so long that it started to feel
more like we were holding hands, which I wasn’t comfortable with, but I guess it was
nice for him to want to do that.
Being a
police officer in any country is a difficult and thankless job, but try being a
cop in Thailand during Songkran!!!! No
thank you. The entire population just
wants to play water and have fun. As a
Police Officer, how do you control that?
Well really, you can't..... Police
here just try to ensure that the start of each afternoons water play begins
safely and then they come back later and make sure that everyone goes home
safely.
Really, if
you want to live in Thai or simply thinking of coming for a holiday, please make
sure that you come to experience the real Thailand. Don’t just go to Phuket, Chaing Mai or
Pattaya. Those places are so full of foreigners, that it’s not a true
reflection of Thai life. You're doing yourself a serious injustice if
you just stick to the well worn tourist paths.
I hope that
you found my little chat interesting. I
would love to hear from you by reading your comments.
Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/OurLifeThai/
Oh, if you’re
thinking to yourself that this guy is full of crap, things like that don’t
happen… Well, I have 4 video’s showing
everything, go and check it out for yourself.
Just make sure that you can hide your jealousy well.
YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPT43WW03XSalWXyWY3iuEg
Take care
Brad &
Ta
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