About

Who I Am

I'm Jon and I've lived in Thailand for just over 20 years. Not as a tourist, not on a gap year, but as someone who built a life here. I've lived in multiple places around the country, worked for normal companies, BOI companies, set up my own company, I hold a work permit, and I've dealt with the same things that every long-term expat deals with.

I'm not a travel blogger. I'm not selling a dream. I'm someone who has been here long enough to know what works, what doesn't, and what catches people out.

Why I Started the Channels

Over the years I watched people arrive in Thailand full of excitement and then run into the same problems over and over again. Bad decisions, wrong locations, money mistakes, relationship disasters, visa issues - the same stories repeating themselves.

Some left. Some lost a lot of money. Some just wished they'd spoken to someone who actually knew what life here was really like before they committed.

That's why I started sharing stories.

Why Stories Matter

People learn from other people's experiences. A video of someone explaining what actually happened to them in Thailand is worth more than a hundred generic "top 10 tips" articles made by someone who visited for two weeks.

Some stories are told on camera. Some are not - many people will talk honestly about their experience privately but would never do it publicly.

What Makes This Different

There is no shortage of Thailand content online. Most of it is recycled, AI-generated, or made by people who have been here five minutes. This is different because it comes from 20 years of actually being here, grounded in real experience, told through long-form stories with real context.

Honest on the ground content for people who want to make informed decisions about life in Thailand and the Philippines.

The Bigger Picture

Thailand was the start. The Philippines was the next logical step - similar questions, similar challenges, and a growing audience of people looking for the same kind of honest, grounded content.

The long-term goal is to build something bigger than just YouTube channels - a platform for real stories and real guidance that does not depend on algorithms and ad revenue to survive.