I'm Sébastien H. Brousseau — a Quebec-trained lawyer who moved to Thailand in 2004 and never quite left. Twenty-two years later I split my time between legal work, long road trips through places most foreigners miss, and eating things I can't always name.
This blog is where those three lives overlap. You'll find expat legal explainers, Isaan travel notes, food finds from Phetchaburi to Roi-Et, and the occasional opinion from someone who has watched Thailand change across two decades from a front-row seat.
For legal work — wills, property, company set-up, divorce, prenuptials — visit ThaiLawOnline.com, my Thai law firm serving expats in English and French since 2004.
Twelve kilometres from the beach, a limestone hill exhales two million bats every evening. Here’s how to find it, what it costs, and why locals call it the best free show in Phetchaburi. The Bat Cave in Cha-Am is a must-see destination for lovers of nature and unforgettable spectacles. Best time: 6:00 PM arrival, daily Entry: 50…
After 22 years in Thailand, I have watched the country celebrate dozens of holidays. Songkran is loud. Loy Krathong is photogenic. Chinese New Year is colourful. The King’s Birthday is patriotic.
Visakha Bucha is none of those things. It is the one Thai holiday that goes quieter, not louder. And it is, by a wide margin, the single most spiritually important day in the Thai calendar.
Most foreigners living in Thailand have never heard of it. Or they might understand “Candle Festival” especially in Ubon Ratchathani. They think it is “another Buddhist day” and let it pass. That is a mistake I want to correct, because what happens at temples on Visakha Bucha night is one of the most beautiful things you can experience in this country.
Songkran is Thai New Year. Officially “April 13 to 15”. In 2026, that landed on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, which looks neat on a calendar. But the weekend sitting right before it stretched the real celebration from April 12 to April 19 in many places. Eight days of water warfare. Some cities pushed even longer. This…
Fresh palm sap, fermented or sweet, sold for 50–60 baht a bottle in Phetchaburi at a roadside shop called Lung Tanom. The bottles are wrapped in Thai schoolchildren’s homework. A small post about a small drink almost no foreigner ever finds.
A python on a power pole, a cobra in my Roi-Et house, a scorpion in the bathroom, and the animals in Thailand that should actually worry you (not snakes). Two decades of Thai wildlife stories from Korat, Roi-Et, and beyond.
Thai citizens pay 40 baht. Foreigners pay 200. After 21 years in Thailand, after permanent residency, after paying Thai income tax for over a decade, I asked the ticket seller a simple question in Thai: yutitham mai? Is this fair? On dual pricing, fairness, and a beautiful Phetchaburi hill palace.
I pay for 8 AI services per month. 60 email agents. 225,000 legal embeddings. 50 years of Thai Supreme Court decisions in 2 minutes. Here is why every cent is worth it.
2025 was the year ThaiLawOnline doubled in size, a Bangkok earthquake sent me to the coast, I had 10 dates with very few second dates, and AI became my most productive business partner. The honest annual review.
Thailand still blocks alcohol sales at every 7-Eleven, supermarket, and corner shop between 2 PM and 5 PM. The rule dates from the 1970s — meant to stop civil servants drinking on lunch break. Fifty years later, the rule is still on the books. Here is the honest explanation.
I arrived in Da Nang during October flooding. What central Vietnam teaches you when the monsoon hits — and why Hoi An demands a return visit in dry season.