Hello everybody!

I'm relatively new here, both in Thailand and on this forum. I moved here about half a year ago and found this site through a topic on this forum.

Now... I am a farang with a permanent residence in Thailand and I have my share of Thai friends and family living here, but as most people have probably realized: it's pretty difficult to find foreign friends in Thailand. Generally they consist of either A. Visitors to Thailand who come here to study or find work experience for a while but eventually return to their county of origin, or B. Expatriots who retire in Thailand with an "imported" mate or a Thai girl they picked up in a pub. It is indeed a very difficult task to find farangs permanently residing in Bangkok who are aged between 20 and 30.

So my question is: How do I go about establishing a social network of foreign, young individuals to hang out with? I've been told to join a club or language course, but I don't really want to committ myself towards something like that. The bottom line is: I'm hoping to find some guys and girls around my age to occasionally hang out with, as it gets pretty lonely living in a big city all by yourself. My apologies for posting in the "Ladies in Thailand" topic, but the "Farang Pub - fun, entertainment and Expat life" topic had a "let's get drunk together and party all night long" feel to it.

Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated so please don't hesitate to send me a note.

Hi. Welcome to Bangkok. :)We , ladies in this forum are friendly

where about in bangkok do u live? :jap:

Thanks for the reply

I currently live along Sukhumvit, near the Emporium. But that's currently just more out of convenience, my own house is way out near the Ramkamhaeng University.

aha, im sure you will find new friends around that area soon. very convenient ,but traffic jam which i dont like

hope u have a nice start on the new year :jap:

Any recommendations?

I don't live in Bangkok, I am afraid, so can't give you much info on social groups to join but you could try hitting some of the business networking events that go on, you are sure to meet friendly like minded people at these.

we dont hang out in pub that much anymore, so i donno alot. Honestly We (me and hubby)think we should finding new friends too coz our friends they r now having kids (all at the same time, but we dont want kid lol) so it hard to get them to hangout like before.my hubby didnt work here that is abit difficult looking for friends that speak the language and my friends are scare of farang lol , if u know wat i mean.

anyone around ?? lol

we dont hang out in pub that much anymore, so i donno alot. Honestly We (me and hubby)think we should finding new friends too coz our friends they r now having kids (all at the same time, but we dont want kid lol) so it hard to get them to hangout like before.my hubby didnt work here that is abit difficult looking for friends that speak the language and my friends are scare of farang lol , if u know wat i mean.

anyone around ?? lol

You had me at husband and kids. I'm at that age where I'm too old to hang out in pubs, which never really was my thing to begin with, and not yet willing to get married, let alone have kids. I guess that narrows down the circle. As for the last part, you lost me there. I have lot's of Thai friends and they don't seem scared of me (at least I don't think so), it's just the farang department in which I'm lacking in.

But it's good to know there are guys and girls out there, so here's hoping somebody will take notice.

I'm 27 and happy to meet you, as I understand your position 100%. It would probably have to be in a pub though, because frankly where else is there unless you choose a specific hobby like playing tennis etc.

i always live to far from everyone..it is soo difficult getting my @#$# out of the house lol (live in rangsit) hehehe and i havnt play tennis for ages since graduated . im 27 too but feel too old to go to pub now

Well, I agree that a pub is the only place to meet, but I also feel a little old for pubs. In any case, let's give this thread some time so there'll be more people. I'm quite a bit busy this week anyway (I work during christmas and new year ). Oh, and I'm 26.

you could do a food meet

pick some new interesting restaurant to meet at once a week or once every couple of weeks

I think there are plenty of things you can do in Bangkok besides drinking - but to be honest I can't think of much.

Having Lunch/Dinner, Picnic, Bowling, doing Sports are the only things I can think of.

Friends of mine went wake boarding and go kart racing - I've never tried it though, but it sounds like fun.

Maybe anyone has better ideas?

Personally I don't like partying and most young girls or guys in Bangkok seem to be only about that.

I guess it's all about finding friends with similar interests which can be hard at times.

I found my friends at Uni, so I can't give you any good tips on how to meet people. I totally agree with you that it's

a little hard to find foreign friends with similar interests.

Chestnut

you could do a food meet

pick some new interesting restaurant to meet at once a week or once every couple of weeks

I am sure if you mentioned meeting at a chocolate shop you wouldn't have a hard time meeting one new friend

or come to visit my bird hhahahahah.

Honestly little muppet, parrots kinda scare me, when i was a kid a friend of my dad's kept his parrot in our house and that bird was mean! scared the heck out of me!

hahaha i can imagine that. My Lucy is very gentle but if u have the fear aura ,u better leave some distance, bird can feel it or i will put my Lucy back to her own aviary when i have guest hehehe.

Thanks everybody, at the very least you've given me the confidence that there are other people like me out there. I'll start digging through this site, maybe I'll find something.:jap:

Stan42

You can already start by a pm to oxfordwill perhaps?

He's expressed an interest but maybe doesn't read the thread often enough

Alternatively you could pm bkkjames to meet for a game of chess

Jamie likes to buy the beer too

Stan42

You can already start by a pm to oxfordwill perhaps?

He's expressed an interest but maybe doesn't read the thread often enough

Alternatively you could pm bkkjames to meet for a game of chess

Sorry for my lack of internet/forum knowledge, as I said, I'm new here. How's that work?

(...meet for a game of chess) Wow, that sounds really. really exciting... not.

Haha

Ask james

Nevermind, figured it out. PM sent, possibly seeing some of you

for chess with bkkjames?

sowwy couldnt resist

Try this:

www.bnow.org

Do what I did when I first moved to Bangkok at roughly the same age

http://www.southerners-bangkok.com/

Some more for you to consider:

www.eypglobal.org/bangkok

BYP

www.rotaryclubofbangkok.org

www.amchamthailand.com

www.austchamthailand.com

Edited January 11, 201115 yr by dantilley

I think my hubby would love to have some friends here as well. He's only 33 and hard to find friend here as well. So i think he could have some friends to exchange opionions about things. U have any friends yet??? wanna meet up????

i'm also new in Bangkok. And I also have my share in thai friends and family but I also miss the falang friends.