Discover thrilling tales from Thailand to Wales – 60 novels by Owen Jones!
Discover thrilling tales from Thailand to Wales – 60 novels by Owen Jones!
Lek gazed at the quiet village fields, a stark contrast to Pattaya’s neon nights. Craig squeezed her hand, sharing her hesitation and hope. Could love survive here, away from bars and tourists, away from past mistakes? Every step forward felt both thrilling and terrifying - this was the life they had chosen, together. An exciting future lay before them.
Who knows the Outcome? I have been on several holidays that could be considered of the highest variety of Romantic Holidays. I am talking about holidays such as cruises, and hiking tours when it’s warm enough for you to be…
Understanding Thai Village Greetings I come from a medium-sized town in South Wales in the 1950s. My mother taught me to greet older strangers and to step off the pavement to let them pass. People would usually respond with kind…
21:15 on the 11th July, 2025, is the 21st anniversary of my first meeting with Neem, my wife. At the time, she was working in her cousin's bar in Pattaya as the cashier, and believe it or not, she was the first Thai woman that I ever spoken to. Not only that, but the 11th was the first day I had ever spent in Thailand. It was love at first sight, and we have been inseparable ever since.
Life in our village in remote northern Thailand is so different from my life in Barry, Wales... I feel it even now after having been here for 21 years
Beneath Pattaya’s neon lights lies a world few truly understand. Bar girls smile, flirt, and pour drinks — but behind every laugh is a story of survival. What Life Is Really Like for a Bar Girl in Pattaya reveals the raw, emotional truth behind the fantasy sold to foreign visitors.
Songkhran is the Thai New Year, which is is sometimes referred to as the Thai Water Festival. It is much more than that though. Read on...
Discovering Lek’s Story in Daddy’s Hobby… If you’re looking for a thought-provoking read that offers a deep dive into a world many have heard of but few truly understand, Daddy’s Hobby is a book you won’t want to miss. It’s…
A Village Pub Crawl is often the highlight of my social life in the village. I don't speak Thai well enough to hold a decent conversation, but I do like to say 'Hello' as I wander around the village.
If you know any ex-pats who live in Thailand, you might sometimes hear them referring to themselves strangely as 'mushrooms'...
There have been several medical side-effects of COVID 19 noted, but I want to talk about social side-effects.
My wife has had Chinese Sinovacs, European AstraZeneca and American Pfizer injections, and that seems to me to give the best protection from Covid 19 you can get! I’ve had three Pfizers.
Nobody likes to have to renew their visa, even if it does have to be done only once a year.
This blog post contains Daddy's Hobby Previews in all the languages I have available. BEHIND THE SMILE - The Story of Lek, A Bar Girl in Pattaya" volume 1.
Thailand vol 1 is a professionally narrated collection of 15 short stories by Owen Jones, who spent 12 years in his Thai wife's remote northern village.
Lek ist als Älteste von vier Geschwistern in eine typische Familie von Reisbauern hineingeboren worden. Sie hatte nie erwartet, dass sich ihr Leben anders entwickeln würde als das ihrer Klassenkameradinnen in ihrem Dorf im Norden Thailands. Aber...
Lek was born the eldest child of four in a typical rice farming family. She did not expect to do anything any different from the other girls in her class in the northern rice belt of Thailand six hundred kilometres north of Pattaya.
Fourth of July From the thirteenth of September, 2004 to the fourth of July, 2005, we slept on my mother-in-law’s floor in the small, rice-growing village where we live in northern Thailand, while we were waiting for our own house…