Why Thailand?
“Bangkok has all the cosmopolitan upsides of any other global city, but there’s a uniquely Asian chaos about it, balanced just enough by Western attitudes,” says Aussie Tom Sturrock, who has lived in Bangkok for nearly a year and describes himself as a “journalist, editor, bon vivant and vagabond”.
“Maybe you get that in Hong Kong as well, but Bangkok is cheaper, rowdier and more fun.”Having previously lived in the UK for four years, he felt the lure of BKK after losing a job in Sydney. “In hindsight, I’m surprised I didn’t wind up here sooner,” he confesses.
Gabrielle Doman, a 29-year-old British freelance writer and soon-to-be personal trainer, moved to Thailand two-and-a-half years ago: ”The best bits about Thailand are the weather, the fact it is so cheap, there are exotic beaches only a few hours away, the food and – despite it being a…
