Thailand gate

The Real Reason Your Thai Visa Is Getting Harder Every Year

ByJon CantonJun 11, 2026

The Hundred Quid Visa From The Thai Consulate In Hull I remember my first Thai visa. A one-year multiple entry non-immigrant visa from the Thai consulate in Hull. It cost a hundred quid, and it allowed for fifteen months in…

Terminal 21, Pattaya

Every Time You Spend Money in Thailand, These Families Get Richer

ByJon CantonJun 10, 2026

I Tried to Boycott 7-Eleven and Discovered Something Worse I got to the point not long ago that…

Davao, Philippines

Why So Many Western Foreigners Are Leaving the Philippines in 2026

ByJon CantonJun 10, 2026

The Conversation Happening In Every Western Foreigner Bar In The Philippines In the bars of Angeles City, in…

Thailand airport queue

Foreigners Are Being Denied Entry to Thailand at RECORD LEVELS

ByJon CantonJun 9, 2026

Being Denied Entry to Thailand Is Like Being Denied Service at McDonald’s Being denied entry to Thailand, in…

Rural Thai house

Why So Many Western Foreigners End Up In A Thai Village

ByJon CantonJun 8, 2026

The Pattern I Have Watched For Twenty Years I have lived in many places in Thailand over the…

Rodrigo Duterte

Are Foreigners Collateral Damage To An Internal Philippines War?

ByJon CantonJun 8, 2026

The Baclaran Detentions Should Be The Alarm Bell In December 2025, the Tribune newspaper in Manila reported that…

Philippines jeepney

Foreigners Think The Philippines Is Easy… That’s Why They Lose Everything

ByJon CantonJun 8, 2026

Why Foreigners Think The Philippines Is Easy I have been to the Philippines a number of times, and…

Bangkok at night

Why Thailand Treats Western Expats So Badly: The Real Reason Nobody Wants to Discuss

ByJon CantonJun 7, 2026

Twenty Years Of Watching The Same Pattern I have spent twenty years living in Thailand, and over those…