This title refers to the first trilogy I ever wrote and sel-published and ‘Behind The Smile – The Story of Lek, a Bar Girl in Pattaya’ refers to the fact that Thailand is called ‘The Land of Smiles’.
‘Behind The Smile’ is a category used on our blog Megan Publishing Services http://meganthemisconception.com to identify posts relating to the series Behind The Smile by Owen Jones
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Most people who know Bangkok, would say that the Bangkok Red Light District is centred around Soi Nana, but it is bigger than that.
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The Beginning Behind The Smile – The Story of Lek, A Bar Girl in Pattaya (volume 7) by Owen Jones Review by Barry Boy The Beginning is volume seven in the much-liked series Behind The Smile – The Story of Lek, A Bar Girl in Pattaya by Owen Jones. Volume One in the series began
My wife and her friend worked in the Thai-Lanna Restaurant in Los Bolices, Fuengirola, southern Spain. Their boss ripped them off! AVOID
Our Last Night in Thailand was a strange affair. I was convinced that I would never see my lovely Thai in-laws again, but…
King Bhumipol Adulyadej of Thailand was revered by most of his subjects. In fact, King Bhumipol Adulyadej is still remembered very fondly
We tried to move to Spain for a few years, but were let down by the Spanish embassy in Bangkok. So, it’s Back to Square One… 🙁
We were told that my wife’s Schengen Visa would be ready very soon. It is so exciting to get a step closer to our goal!
This is part of the story of how we had to jump through hoops to get my wife her Schengen Visa for entry into Spain…
Soi Nana is right in the heart of what most people consider to be Bangkok’s Red Light District. It doesn’t look like it though.
Getting to Soi Nana is pretty straight forward as it is located in the very centre of Bangkok – not far from the British and Spanish embassies
Thai Smile I saw something this evening that, I think, says a lot about the Thai smile, but perhaps first, I had better say something about the Thai smile itself. Thailand is known as the Land of Smiles, in the same way that Wales is famous as the Land of Song. Most visitors assume that
Happy New Year This is the last day of Christmas, so the trimmings will be coming down all over the Western World this evening. Along with the rain and the snow, so I have heard. Here in Thailand, it is a sunny, but cool evening of 31c and very nice it is too in the
Christmas 2015 in a Thai Village The first thing to say is that Christmas 2015 in a Thai Village is nothing like any Brit would recognize as Christmas. Not even in the slightest now. However, when I first arrived here, eleven years ago, some families with kids did put up some decorations, although ninety-odd percent
Wat Party Last night, we went to a party at the village Buddhist Temple, which is called a Wat in Thai. My wife and many others had been helping the holder of the party prepare for it for three days. The occasion was the elevation of a friend’s son to vice abbot, or perhaps deputy
The Holiday Season I am not talking about what some people in America and Britain erroneously call the holiday season, because that is Christmas and New Year, and I am sure that no-one who in not a Christian minds us calling it that. It’s only the misguided white Americans and Brits who think they have
CreateSpace Behind The Smile v6: The Dream is up there online, but I didn’t rush the other two out. I am out of the house now, having a pint and writing to you, but when I get back, I will finish the job by putting some advertising up. By the way, for those of you
Village Life This is becoming monotonous, sorry. It’s been a week now… up and down more often than knickers in a city’s public toilets. I’m sick to death of the crappy Internet ‘Service’ in this village. I don’t want to take part in village life here any longer. I mean that, nobody complains about anything,
A Big Day For Buddha In my wife’s parlance, today is a big day for Buddha. Even after ten years of living together, we have not found a better way of saying it, although that is probably my fault. The phrase ‘a big day for Buddha’ says it all anyway. In fact, it is the
