jack.russelle (76)in #thailand • 4 days agoStuff I love about living in Thailand that my home country cannot possibly replicateI do a lot of focusing on the negative aspects of Thailand and I think that isn't very fair because the good…jack.russelle (76)in #travel • 7 days agoPattaya gets even classier: Naked man harasses community and destroys a statueOne of the things that we expats definitely don't like to see is when other foreigners do something really stupid and…jack.russelle (76)in #tourism • 11 days ago15% drop in Chinese tourists hits Thailand hardThis is especially true in Chiang Mai, which used to be one of the most popular places for the Chinese to vacation…jack.russelle (76)in #learning • 25 days agoSomething that irritates me about DuoLingoNormally I would post almost exclusively in the aseanhive community but this is not very relevant to what is going on…jack.russelle (76)in #thailand • last monthHow to detect a bogus teaching job in ThailandWhen I say bogus I don't mean that the job isn't real, I mean that it is a revolving door of a job that is kept open…jack.russelle (76)in #expat • last monthLiving in a country that doesn't match your passport, final edition: DownsidesIt was about 6 years ago when I decided at the encouragement of a friend to go over to Thailand and live / possibly…jack.russelle (76)in #life • last monthLiving in a country that doesn't match your passport, part 2.1: The downsidesI'm several years into my "1-year experiment" that was living outside of my home country. This was suggested to me by…jack.russelle (76)in #booze • 2 months agoBooze ban on election weekend has some people in an uproarIt's kind of funny to me that they have certain days of the year where alcohol cannot be sold in Thailand because…jack.russelle (76)in #life • 2 months agoLiving in a country that doesn't match your passport: Part 1, the benefitsWhat started out as a prolonged vacation has turned into a multi-year existence in a place that while I did enjoy…jack.russelle (76)in #thailand • 2 months agoMore fun in Pattaya! One foreigner jumped and beaten up by 3 other foreigners!One thing that you notice in horrible places like Pattaya, is that unless you are willing to walk around and just…jack.russelle (76)in #technology • 2 months agoMessing about with Pop!_OsNot long ago and after months of being encouraged to do so by a friend who is really tech savvy, I switched over to…jack.russelle (76)in #scams • 2 months agoPattaya news alert! Another scam targeting retireesOne of the only visas that is relatively easy to get and maintain in Thailand is the retirement visa. All you have to…jack.russelle (76)in #cats • 2 months agoCrazy for cats! A local kitty that loves everyoneStray cats are all over the place in Thailand and some of them are less stray than others. At my friend's apartment…jack.russelle (76)in #art • 2 months agoSome experts contribute to the student street art on the canalsI went back to the canals again because the same friend of mine that pointed out that I go there in the first place…jack.russelle (76)in #travel • 2 months agoStudent art display along the canal in Chiang MaiChiang Mai has an extensive amount of canals and various methods of water drainage to deal with the rainy season and…jack.russelle (76)in #thailand • 2 months agoTraveling to Thailand? Do your online arrival card before you get here!Thailand Immigration is notorious for being jerks to visitors and a lot of the time it seems as though they are doing…jack.russelle (76)in #skydiving • 2 months agoThai skydiver sets world record for highest dive over AntarcticaI'll stop with the bad news about things in Thailand to instead focus on something that is pretty amazing when you…jack.russelle (76)in #thailand • 3 months agoThai man attempts to scam his way out of traffic accident, doesn't realize body cam recorded all of itSomething I have learned from living in Thailand for years is that as a foreigner, you have to be on super high-alert…jack.russelle (76)in #thailand • 3 months agoOne Thai party seeks to cancel the use of cash in ThailandLet me be a bit more specific. Some politician that is part of a major party here in Thailand recently decided that…jack.russelle (76)in #life • 3 months agoNew Years Party results in a massive garbage problem in PhuketI guess everyone wants to have a good New Year party and that's exactly what they did in one of Thailand's other…
