Till now, what is your fondest memory related to LOS ?

[benalibina]

Mine; When my, still to be, wife was having an ultrasound regarding our 1st born at Phuket International Hospital in 2006, i realised that at that same hospital where they saved my life dec 1999 a child of mine was gonna be born ! I felt........

What positive memory you will never forget ?

[nottocus]

Where to start?

[kevvy]

i have many , too many to write down . the good out weighs the bad . but the one I always will remember is meeting my wife for the first time ..

[benalibina]

i have many , too many to write down . the good out weighs the bad . but the one I always will remember is meeting my wife for the first time ..

This topic is not about good or bad.

[razorramone]

I've only been here since February, but for me 3 days in Siam Square/Silom for songkran was easily the best memory.

[amykat]

My best memories of Thailand ...well one is when I first came here in 1985 I think, or 1986, and only did a tour of BKK. I stayed at the Mandarin Oriental, with one of the loves of my life, (a French boyfriend, as I lived in France then) and well, we just had a great time there! Most of it had to do with the love life and not Thailand, but I did have a great experience of Thailand, back then. One specific memory, had to do with buying some bananas from a boat lady, in whatever boat market used to exist then, in BKK, and feeling like I had never tasted a real banana up until then! A great, little banana, that had so much flavor!

Our boat tour around BKK canals, something that you cannot do today ...well you can do it, but it is a totally different thing. I have loads of photos of all the shacks around the river, with the main wall of the house, the one that would face the river, not existing. I could see inside everyone's house, see their (even back then) one refrig and one TV, and pretty much, they owned nothing else. Seeing kids from those houses, swimming in the river next to their house.

It was really a SHOCK for me, because I had never really known 3rd world countries at that point ...and why would I, I was only about 19 or 20 years old.

I think we also got a classic scam ...everything was closed for a religious holiday ,,, and actually it did seem like things were closed, but not gem markets! My French b/f bought plenty of nice things for me! I did see so many monks in the streets, and another shock for me, was seeing people using the side of the road in BKK, as a toilet, they just squatted and did their business!

We bought a lot of things, that just don't exist today. Gifts we gave to our parents, and some thing we kept for ourselves, that are really great.

I learned a lot about negotiation, in a way. Things that were 1 for $20, became 2 for $10, and as we continued to walk away, as it was junk we just didn't want, for really any price, I learned some things. By the end, something that was 1 for $20 became people chasing us down the road offering 20 of X, for $5. Those guys seemed desperate then ...and I remember, a big memory, is that as a woman who is 5 feet 3 inches, I was towering over almost every person here, I felt I was in a land of dwarfs!

Then I didn't come again to Thailand, until 2004, and that is another story ...I will write again. But I have to say, that this trip, was the BEST trip and I always told people, who asked, what was my favorite trip/country, that it was Thaiand.

I have thought about posting some photos from then, on to TV ...but just been lazy about it, but I don't think there is another city in the world, that changed so much, in this kind of time period, as BKK has.

[cpofc]

also many, many

My 21st Birthday at the SNCOs Club at the USAF Base, Utapao.

Entering the Chao Phraya at dawn for the slow trip up river to berth at Khong Toey (it took a few hours). Getting the long tailed boats ashore as liberty boats. Paying the skippers to race each other up and down the river. The beautiful girls coming alongside in their boats, in traditional thai dress, selling Coca Cola, Wood Carvings and bolts of Thai Silk.

The first time we ever got out of Bangkok and ventured to Pattaya for a long weekend.

First Bungalow, Chaweng Beach, Ko Samui 1983.

My first train trip from Singapore to Bangkok.

Living in a typical slum in Khlong Toey.

Getting thrown out of the Bar at the Windsor Hotel 3 years in a row,

Attending the Friday evening Happy Hours at the Australian Embassy and then kicking on to Patpong.

Lazy Sunday afternoons with Sam in the Grand Prix Bar in Patpong. Xmas and New Year in Patpong.

Weekend trips to Pattaya with the Grand Prix 'Crew', holding tequila drinkathons and giving the 'Snuff Gun' a workout with BJ in his bar

Drinking Beer and consuming a plate of Beans and fresh bread roll with 'Tiger' at Lucys Tiger Den in Suriwongse Road.

The 1985 'Patiwat' (coup), waking up the morning after I was married, in Bangkok. All radio stations blaring out varying forms of Martial Music, the place a buzz. Famous VN War Correspondent and Grand Prix Bar patron, Niel Davis murdered when taken out by a tank round in front of the TV Station. Attending his testimonial dinner at the Montien Hotel a week or so later..

lots

[rene123]

My fondest memory is not really a separate event so much as the feeling I got when I finally felt capable of finding my way around Thailand on my own without getting lost because I couldn't speak the language or read the signs. The more I traveled the more I wanted to explore further.

[MAJIC]

Well it's got to be,being at the Birth of my Beautiful Thai/English Daughter,who at six years old has turned into a very intelligent,smart free thinker,who will most certainly,go far in life.

[benalibina]

Well it's got to be,being at the Birth of my Beautiful Thai/English Daughter,who at six years old has turned into a very intelligent,smart free thinker,who will most certainly,go far in life.

Free thinker, struck a nerve with me MAJIC. Keep up the good work to inspire her to stay that way.

[bunnydrops]

For me its the little acts of kindness. Sitting on a bus. halfheartedly fiddling with the plastic wrap on the top of my bottle of water to remove it, while looking at the scenery out the window. The young girl sitting next to me put her hand on top of my fiddling hand. I turned and made eye contact. After a brief moment she took the bottle out of my hand and removed the plastic wrap and handed it back to me.

Getting a foot massage as the dentist worked on my teeth.

[simon43]

Two of my happiest memories are getting divorced from my first Thai wife around 2009 and getting divorced from my second Thai wife earlier this year

Simon

[ToddWeston]

The first time I met the inlaws on arrival - they were literally shaking with nerves and came out with a well rehersed - Welcome to my country.

[poanoi]

When i first arrived i was taken to a dive platform,

every time i played 4 hour straight with my fave girl.

Edited August 29, 2013 by poanoi

[Jasun]

Two of my happiest memories are getting divorced from my first Thai wife around 2009 and getting divorced from my second Thai wife earlier this year

Simon

Keep it up, good things come in threes.

[LawrenceChee]

Riding a motorbike without a helmet at the back sois :-) love the feeling of seeing smiles as u ride slow

[Gsxrnz]

Fondest memory was the first time I rode a scooter in Thailand. Rush hour at the Pattaya 2nd Road and Tai intersection. In a pack of 50+ bikes when the lights turned green......and I thought I was going to miss circuit racing.

That first traffic light frenzy was as big a buzz as any flag drop in a superbike race, and continues to be so.

[i claudius]

I couldnt write it down here ,the mods would delete it

[mengfarmer]

every taxi ride from suvanabhumi to pattaya with the feeling "I´M BACK"

[EyesWideOpen]

A Burmese girl I met at a bar in Lamai, Koh Samui.........

[kevvy]

i have many , too many to write down . the good out weighs the bad . but the one I always will remember is meeting my wife for the first time ..

This topic is not about good or bad.

i answered your topic the best memory was meeting my wife , that is my fondest memory , you said about you dying , that was not about your child being born . you could have just said about your child being born ...isnt that the same ... it was about your fondest memory not about your sadest about dying which would have been very sad for all involved .

[yourauntbob]

My first soapy massage, nothing could get the smile off my face for a week

[jmccarty]

Probably 2 particular girls I met a long time ago and then lost track of prior to mobile phones or internet.

[maccaroni man]

Having an elephant walk up next to my bus in the middle of the business district in bkk

[snake24]

wow OP lived in thailand for so long. You aren't thai are you?

[benalibina]

wow OP lived in thailand for so long. You aren't thai are you?

No.

[transam]

Two of my happiest memories are getting divorced from my first Thai wife around 2009 and getting divorced from my second Thai wife earlier this year

Simon

That is honesty of the highest order.

Think we need a 'Take my hat off'' emicon.

[poanoi]

lol

[edwinchester]

Catching a lovely little girl sneaking a look at me over a seat on the train from Sai Yok to Kanchanaburi and thinking I wish I knew her better.

That was in 2001. We married in 2003 and have lived here the last 7 years.

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[barefoot1988]

my first trip to phuket and bkk during the early 90s. cant re,ember the details but it was really exciting. was really stooked back then