Wow, How long have you been in Thailand.

Thai's are generally reserved, have muted emotions overall, higher tolerance, accepting, seek living in harmony, and desire respect.

You want Wow, some people still live sleeping on hard bedding and only a Fan in their room. (Respect). Some work outside all day and Don't require Medical Assistance because of the heat.

What we like about Thailand is the flexibility, understanding, being accountable for ones own actions. Thailand seems to follow the if something is occurring but is not a danger to the community, and people should be able to live their live their way and style if it's not to far outside societal norms in that location.

Wow, a country that with limited resources, lack of equipment and/or tools and was able to achieve great standards.

(Healthcare, Electric, Water, Internet, Roads, affordable public transportation, affordable labor) Woowwwww

54 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

"Nearly every day something happens that surprises me here in America"

YES😁

Me too. 10% monthly increases in both goods and services always comes as a surprise.

I saw this today and it made me go "wow" too. A Thai elephant made his own backscratcher.

After over 60 years of visiting, working and residing in Thailand I still find it an enchanting, entertaining and interesting place to live.

Covid was a portal for humans to evolve...and parts of Thailand (Phuket, Samui, Pattaya) are evolving into Clip Joint cities...like New York, Vegas, LA, Miami, and other clip joint cities in the rest of the world.

The market will determine if they succeed, but based on history, they will.....

On 7/6/2026 at 1:16 AM, 123Stodg said:

Or maybe there are still plenty of those “wow” moments out there, and I’ve simply stopped noticing them.

Seems like you already found the answer — after many years in same location the wow-factor simply decrease — Thailand still has a huge lot of 'wow' to newcomers, or just expats that gets out of the inner circle and realize that the is something, if not a lot, 'wow' outside, but still inside the Kingdom...

On 7/6/2026 at 12:29 AM, SAFETY FIRST said:

My life in Thailand is not about that, I enjoy the simple things, the smile, hospitality, pleasantness.

Everytime I look at the west, genuinely makes me stop and think, then I want to vomit.

On 7/6/2026 at 12:29 AM, SAFETY FIRST said:

My life in Thailand is not about that, I enjoy the simple things, the smile, hospitality, pleasantness.

Everytime I look at the west, genuinely makes me stop and think, then I want to vomit.

On 7/6/2026 at 12:29 AM, SAFETY FIRST said:

My life in Thailand is not about that, I enjoy the simple things, the smile, hospitality, pleasantness.

Everytime I look at the west, genuinely makes me stop and think, then I want to vomit.

My sentiment entirely- save that I do not want to vomit

I just feel a little sad that certainly in the UK the values and so on are not anything I can align with

Here life has less pressure and I embrace its culture as best I can

I didn’t realize how stressful my job was until I retired and moved here. I feel unburdened. Maybe that’s what it is. At least, that’s what it is for me, Thailand is the land of no stress!

when don muang was the main airport for less than 1 million tourists sure. was exciting and not westernised ,no mcds no sky train ,very exciting place

Yeah, I reckon Thailand lost its soul around 2015.