My Life in Our Village
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
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Discover thrilling tales from Thailand to Wales – 60 novels by Owen Jones!
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Discover thrilling tales from Thailand to Wales – 60 novels by Owen Jones!
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Behind the Smile – volume three
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: Thailand’s Joyful Water Festival
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...
Looking Behind the Smile
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…
My Village Pub Crawl
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.
Mushrooms in Thailand
If you know any ex-pats who live in Thailand, you might sometimes hear them referring to themselves strangely as 'mushrooms'...
Side-effects of COVID-19
There have been several medical side-effects of COVID 19 noted, but I want to talk about social side-effects.
My Covid-19 Vaccination Experience In Thailand
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.
My Visa Application 2022
Nobody likes to have to renew their visa, even if it does have to be done only once a year.
Daddy’s Hobby Previews
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 – Free Audiobooks
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.
Daddy’s Hobby – Hinter ihrem Lächeln
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...
Behind The Smile – Daddy’s Hobby
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
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…
Residence Permit for Spain (final part)
Residence Permit for Spain (final part) We applied for my wife’s residence permit for Spain on February 14th. 2017, although we had been working on it for a year before that. When we left Thailand in May 2016, the Spanish…
Lek – The Beginning – Review
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…
Thai Catering Services in Fuengirola
There are new Thai Catering Services available in Fuengirola! Neem is a professional Thai chef with decades of experience. Book her now!
Travel Bloggers and Book-Sellers
There is a growing band of Travel Bloggers and Book-Sellers travelling the world paying their way by selling ads and books in blogs