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Often described as the “Pattaya Bible,” Neil Hutchinson’s Money Number One is the flagship of his collection of very humorous stories and insights into life, and the interrelationships between the average male visitor and the bar ladies of Thailand.
The books in the series, including A Fool In Paradise, The Fool is Back, and A Fools Diary, are a collage of short stories about the sometimes hilarious, sometimes tragic, antics of what many of the male visitors to Thailand have experienced in their dealings with these lovely creatures, and are a MUST READ for all who wish to cast fate to the wind to enjoy the pleasures offered by these delectable ladies.
In reading the books, I realized that while the books are truly a great introduction to life in “SIN CITY,” they also teach something of the culture of this beautiful country and it’s equally beautiful people.
Thailand is steeped in Buddhism, which becomes obvious to the first time visitor on arrival by the number of Monks seen daily almost everywhere in the streets, and the amount of “Wats” (Monasteries) sprinkled through out the country.
Like all countries which have a dominant religion, many of the Thais are willing to “bend the rules” somewhat in order to be able to survive in a country which has no dole queues or free handouts from the government, as many of the Western societies have.
They are also extremely family orientated. Most of the bar ladies are supporting at least one child, and quite often a Thai husband.
It’s the Thai girl’s duty to support her parents financially, who quite often will be raising the lady’s child or children in a village somewhere in the North or South of the country.
While the North West is dominated by Chiang Mai, the North East also boasts several big cities including Udon Thani and Kon Kaen, which has one the largest universities in the country.
Chiang Mai is the cultural centre where much of the “arts and crafts” seen being sold in the many markets found in every major city are manufactured, and is also the area in which much of the countries fruit and vegetables are grown.
The North West is often called Issarn, and the predominant language spoken is actually a version of Lao. It becomes confusing to the traveler who has taken the time to learn a few words of Thai, when his new found love meets a friend or family member and starts to speak a totally different language.
However, ninety percent of the girls in Pattaya can speak sufficient English for the tourist to be able to enjoy a very pleasant interlude with them, and indeed many tourists find themselves married to a Thai lady and raising a family.
In the Money Number One series, Neil also offers the reader an insight into some of the customs practiced by these people who we of the west tend to find very strange indeed, and are often in complete contrast to our Christian upbringing and can sometimes be seen as even repugnant to some.
Neil Hutchinson has written the books from his own experiences, and those of others who have visited Pattaya; however, the same principals apply to all the areas of Thailand which supports beer bars, go-go bars, etc., and even some that don’t.
The Money Number One series can now be purchased online in PDF format for instant download.
This review by Sean K Kelly is written after having himself spent nearly 9 years visiting Thailand, and having known the author for several years. Indeed, Sean can relate to many of the stories through first hand knowledge, and his own experiences in Thailand.
Never before have these books been available in PDF format for instant download, and can now be found here: http://www.moneynumberone.net.
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Udon Thani, อุดรธานี, City Centre By Night, 29th August, 2010, North East Thailand, HD
nicko7054 | August 30, 2010
Udon Thani, City Centre, Night ,29thAugust, 2010, Thailand. Great footage of Udon featuring, markets, bars, central plaza. New complex opened adjacent to Udon Thani railway station. Tuk tuk ride into the centre of Udon Thani past Clock Tower. Colourful images from this vibrant city. High definition, HD. อุดรธานี
A Thai Region Where Husbands Are Imported
By SETH MYDANS
Published: September 24, 2010
Joseph and Nui Davis in their custom three-wheeled samlor. Photo: Justin Mott for The New York Times
UDON, THAILAND — The most dazzling creatures Nui Davis saw when she was a child were the village girls who had found foreign husbands, visiting in their Western finery and handing out candies to the children.
“For me, they were like a princess,” she said. “And I kept those pictures in my mind, and I made a wish that one day I would like to be one of those ladies.”
Today, at the age of 30, she lives with her husband, Joseph Davis of Fresno, California, in an air-conditioned, three-bedroom house with a driveway and basketball hoop, surrounded by flower beds and a well-kept lawn.
“My family keeps saying, ‘You got it. You got your dream now,”’ she said.
But unlike many other foreign husbands, Mr. Davis, 54, did not take his wife home with him, choosing instead to settle down in northeastern Thailand, a region known as Isaan.
He is part of an expanding population of nearly 11,000 foreign husbands in the region, drawn by the low cost of living, slow pace of life and the exotic reputation of Thai women — something like a brand name for Western men seeking Asian partners. “Thai women are a lot like women in America were 50 years ago,” said Mr. Davis, before they discovered their rights and became “strong-headed and opinionated.”
“The women now know they are equal,” said Mr. Davis, a retired Naval officer who has been divorced twice, “so the situation is not as relaxed and peaceful as it is between an American and a Thai lady.”
It is easy to spot the foreigners’ homes, with their sturdy walls and red-tiled roofs, an archipelago of affluence among the smaller, poorer houses of their new neighbors and in-laws.
Mixed couples are common on the streets and in the markets of Udon Thani. One street where Western men gather to eat and drink is popularly known as “Foreign Son-in-Law Street.”
“There are villages in Isaan that are almost entirely comprising foreign houses, where the whole village is almost entirely houses purchased by foreigners for their Thai ladies,” said Phil Nicks, author of “Love Entrepreneurs: Cross-Culture Relationship Deals in Thailand.”
Isaan is one of the poorest parts of the country, the source of most low-wage workers in Bangkok and the home of many of the women who work in the entertainment industry in the capital.
Some of the earliest Thai-American marriages were in Udon Thani, the site of a U.S. air base in the 1960s during the Vietnam War. In the following years, most Americans left, sometimes taking a Thai wife with them. Now the presence of American and European men is growing again. “In the northeast where this phenomenon is strongest, a huge majority of the women there are looking for a foreign boyfriend or husband, and I think some of them can be quite assertive, and aggressive in their pursuing of a foreign man,” said Mr. Nicks.
A clash of expectations strains many marriages, and more than half end in divorce, said Prayoon Thavon, manager of international services at Panyavejinter Hospital in Udon Thani.
While the men — many of them retired and living on pensions, many disappointed in their lives and marriages at home — may be seeking an emotional connection, the women are generally motivated by economics, said Mr. Prayoon, who provides counseling for mixed couples.
“For some ladies it is just money, money, money,” he said. “Getting married has become a business more than love. People want to improve their social status. Sometimes these ladies spend the husband’s money, use it all, then he’s cut out. There are many cases like that.”
Even though many men are retired and living on a fixed income, they are expected to help support their wives’ extended families, beginning with a dowry of several thousand dollars.
“When you get married in Thailand you are marrying the whole family, the whole village,” Mr. Prayoon said. “Often the lady expects that, but the man doesn’t understand.”
There seems to be less concern about differences in age, with many bridegrooms in their 50s or 60s or even 70s.
“Age is not a factor here,” said Mr. Davis. “In America if I marry a girl who is 24 years younger than me, all you’re going to get is eyes and bad talk, bad gossip. Here it’s not an issue. It happens every day.”
At the age of 63, Dennis Sorensen, a retired mathematics teacher, is 32 years older than his wife, Pennapa, whom he met eight years ago on a beach. He spends much of his time watching U.S. television through a satellite hookup and cooks his own hamburgers, but he said he has done his best to keep his wife and her family happy. He helps raise her teenage daughter from an earlier relationship as well as their 2-year-old son.
“There’s some adjustment there,” said Mr. Sorensen, for whom this is the first marriage, “and we’ve had issues where I run out of money and I cannot take care of everybody, and that has caused some crises, but we’ve overcome everything the best that we can.”
One barrier is language, as few foreigners learn Thai. “I can’t speak English so well, but I can live with him many years,” Ms. Sorensen said, speaking in Thai. “Sometimes when he is very upset I don’t understand what he is talking about but I understand the tone and I just walk away.”
But she added in English: “I think Dennis is good — good for take care of my family, take care of my daughter, take care of everything for me. Before, I don’t have anything. But right now I have a home, I have car, I not work and I only stay home and take care of my baby.”
Foreign marriage has become so common that it has lost much of its stigma here in Udon Thani, and many girls share Ms. Davis’s dream of becoming a princess. “It looks pretty good and they look pretty happy,” said Rojjana Udomsri, 30, who is married to a Thai man and has a 2-year-old son. “They have money to spend and they can go anywhere they want.”
But she said she had her doubts.
“I don’t know if they are really happy,” she said. “There were times I wanted to have a good life like them, but I can’t live with a person I don’t love. With someone I love I can go through all the hardships of life together.”
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