I'm Sébastien H. Brousseau, a Canadian who moved to Thailand in 2004 and never quite left. Twenty-two years later I spend my time on long road trips through places most foreigners miss, eating things I can't always name, and writing it all down in English and French.
This blog is where those journeys live: travel notes from Isaan to the islands, 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.
I'm also a lawyer. For legal work (wills, property, company set-up, divorce), visit ThaiLawOnline.com, my Thai law firm serving expats in English and French since 2004.
500+ first-hand articles in English, French and Thai: Isaan road trips, food finds, temples, night markets and the places most guides skip.
Requêtes en droit criminel et civil rédigées dans la pratique réelle par un ancien membre du Barreau du Québec. Téléchargement immédiat, à partir de 4 $.
Four Korean places in Hua Hin that Thai and English reviewers keep coming back to: Myeongdong, Korean Conner, Sunseouls and Seoulmate. What reviewers say, credited, with hours and prices.
Where to eat seafood in Cha-Am: the market by the pier first, then View Talay, Sungwean, Krua Jeh Nong and Platoo, with what reviewers say, what they paid, and why Wednesday is the wrong night.
Visa, TM30, 90-day report, re-entry permit, bank, lease, insurance, police clearance, a will and one folder. The order I’d do things in if I moved to Thailand today.
Thai permanent residency ends the yearly extension and the 90-day report. It doesn’t end the work permit, the re-entry endorsement or the land rules. What changes day to day, from someone who has it.
Under construction. Pictures to be added in a few days. Hua Hin has a market for almost every day of the week. Some are built for visitors, with coupons, a stage and souvenir stalls. Others are where people from here buy fruit, fish and a bag of curry for dinner. They don’t all open on…
I lived in China for two years, first in Beijing, then in Guangzhou. Guangzhou is Cantonese country, the home of dim sum. I spent about a month in Hong Kong in 2004 just before moving to Thailand, went back in January 2025, and I have been back to China many times. So I have some…
Most foreign visitors to Hua Hin get pointed at the beach, the night market, and the hill with the monkeys. Thai families on a weekend often drive somewhere else: Wat Huay Mongkol, inland in Thap Tai, west of town. Same general direction as the Hua Hin Safari / zoo, not the sand. I went. The…
An Italian neighbour told me something one evening in the elevator that stayed with me. He had lived in Bangkok for twenty years, in half a dozen neighbourhoods, and he said Punnawithi BTS in Bangkok was the best place he had ever lived in the city. At the time I had just moved in and…
I am a foodie and a native French speaker. I grew up near Montreal, which means I was raised on tourtière, good cheese, and strong opinions about how a baguette should taste. Poutine of course. So when I tell you a French restaurant in Thailand is good, it is not a polite compliment. It means…
Last week I drove the coast south, past Prachuap Khiri Khan, and finally stopped at a village I had been meaning to see for years. Baan Krut. Some people write it Ban Krut, or Baan Grood, and the road signs say บ้านกรูด. The name comes from the kaffir lime trees that once grew all along…