Thanks to info from here, we managed to get a UK visitor visa for my girlfriend without any problem.

She is coming for 10 days in March and we are meeting in London for a few days before heading to my city for the remainder of the stay. I've known her for a few years and I lived in Bangkok for a couple of those.

She's never been out of asia before, so how will she find things like the cold March weather in England? Food and water? In the UK I will be with her the whole time, but I'm a bit worried because I just want her to have a nice trip here, but also don't want to overwhelm her by trying to make her do too much that she isn't comfortable with.

Just wondered if anyone else had any experiences of a thai's first visit to Farangland, that might help me out a bit.

Cheers

Hi Just to say dont worry

I brought My lady back in Sept

I thought she would be complaning about the cold.

Not at all, she was very exited on seeing SNOW.

We had it one morning, and she put some in a glass and started to smell it.

Likes th UK. Keeps teling me, Highway look good, House look good. Land look good.

Took her to London for 3 days went to Tower

Trafalger Square Ect, Used the Bus to get into town

and Underground in town all new for her Yes She Likes

Have Fun

Congratulations and good luck. I remember my wife coming here for a holiday for the first time - she seemed completely unimpressed with everything and I've heard others say the same on this forum. That could bring you down a little if you're getting excited on her behalf.

My wife enjoyed standing next to the Queen's guards and seeing the acts in Covent Garden. She's been here 2 years now and still won't drink tap water so keep that in mind.

K wifee loves the cold weather...today she bought a Snow board jacket from...Thss-i-bo...(wots up with my smilllees)

Cmon... Thai women..SNOW board... but it was reduced from 59 quid to 20..................says it all ...

dont worry they adapt without ANY problem...........................

Thanks to info from here, we managed to get a UK visitor visa for my girlfriend without any problem.

She is coming for 10 days in March and we are meeting in London for a few days before heading to my city for the remainder of the stay. I've known her for a few years and I lived in Bangkok for a couple of those.

She's never been out of asia before, so how will she find things like the cold March weather in England? Food and water? In the UK I will be with her the whole time, but I'm a bit worried because I just want her to have a nice trip here, but also don't want to overwhelm her by trying to make her do too much that she isn't comfortable with.

Just wondered if anyone else had any experiences of a thai's first visit to Farangland, that might help me out a bit.

Cheers

Check your area for a Thai restaurant or three.  After a few days in the U.S. on my wife's first trip, she really needed some hot stuff and rice!  Even stopped by a Thai run (Lao & Filippinos also have such) Asian grocery store to buy some odds & ends to keep a the house for her to liven up her farang food.

Mac

Check your area for a Thai restaurant or three. After a few days in the U.S. on my wife's first trip, she really needed some hot stuff and rice! Even stopped by a Thai run (Lao & Filippinos also have such) Asian grocery store to buy some odds & ends to keep a the house for her to liven up her farang food.

Mac

Good suggestion. Do not underestimate the importance of food (spicy) to the Thai's.

thank you to all who responded. i'll keep her wrapped up and make sure she gets plenty of spicy food. we were having a laugh at the weekend at the price of 500Baht tod-man-pla at my local thai restaurant.