Living in Thailand

It was never a dream of ours to live in Thailand. Things just happen. My history with Thailand goes back to the late 90's when I was an English teacher here. But teaching in Thailand is entirely different blog entry that I hope I can offer you in the future. I'm talking about living in Thailand...full time. I have been married to a wonderful Thai woman for 10 years as of last May. After we were married we moved to the United States and settled in a beautiful Southwestern town in Arizona. Prescott (We call it "Preskit") is a picturesque and perfectly beautiful little town and we loved the four years we lived there. I was employed at a small radio station and it was kind of a kick for me to work in such a small market when I had on-air experience in New York and Los Angeles. The only problem was we had a longing to return to Thailand. I guess the fact that the station was bent on paying me a 1983 salary and my wife's English was only passable added to the desire to return to Thailand. We slowly freed ourselves from the chains of employment and built a small Internet business named 23kgold.com. To make a long story short it was that decision to work together on a business of our own that resulted in our ability to first visit Thailand for three months every year from 2004 to 2007 and secondly to move to Thailand permanently in 2008.
The experience of living in Thailand is truly amazing and it's easy to go on and on about all of the lovely reasons for coming here. However, it is far more difficult for me to explain the complexity of learning the Thai culture and living among the Thai people. I believe living here full-time would be a challenge for most Westerners. But if you can acclimate to the culture and the climate it can be a very wonderful life renewing experience