The real ‘pros’ and ‘cons’ of living and loving in Thailand. The price we pay for a life of our own choosing may be criticism and one may often find oneself defending the choice to live in Thailand by citing the food, accommodation, cheap hotels and friendly people and if one is bold enough, the beautiful women as our reason, but is it true; are we truly living a dream worth defending?
A shirtless man with one arm stumbles into the clearing. He is joined a few moments later by a man with one leg. Together they are a kind of grisly double act. The arm was lost to a tree felling accident and the leg to a cobra bite.
Love? Already told you.
Passion, betrayal, told you.
Jealousy, mortal suffering, lies, told you.
Later, meeting Annie, I was as wired as a man can be and well versed in Thailand’s real language and knew all about smiles and Thai friendliness.
She was standing at the end of a scruffy Bangkok street wearing a red t-shirt, smiling.
