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.
Pai : Calme, Brume et Tuk-Tuks Flower-Power Pai est une petite ville de vallée dans les montagnes du nord de la Thaïlande, à 135 km de Chiang Mai sur une route de montagne qui compte 762 virages. Elle est devenue, en deux décennies, l’un des endroits les plus visités du pays par les voyageurs indépendants…
Koh Samet: Bangkok’s Weekend Island Koh Samet sits 200 km southeast of Bangkok — close enough to reach in three hours by bus and ferry, which makes it the default weekend escape for Bangkok’s expats and middle class. It is a national park island, which keeps development limited and the beaches relatively clean. The water…
Pattaya: Thailand’s Most Misunderstood City Pattaya has a reputation that overshadows everything else about it. Yes, Walking Street exists. Yes, it is exactly what you have heard. But the city that surrounds it is 170,000 people, a long coastline, several decent beaches, a Sanctuary of Truth that took 30 years to build, and the closest…
Three attempts at the Time Left rotating dinner concept in Bangkok: a Singapore fintech woman, a German life coach, and what the format reveals about how people present themselves.
After 20 years in Bangkok, I finally tried a Nuru massage – and posted about it on Facebook to 39 HAHA reactions. Here is the honest account, plus the Bradbury Massage Club where Super Mario showed up mid-session.
Koh Tao : La Mecque de la Plongée en Asie du Sud-Est Koh Tao, « l’île de la tortue », est devenue la capitale mondiale du brevet de plongée PADI Open Water. Chaque année, des dizaines de milliers de voyageurs viennent ici passer leur brevet — en 3 à 4 jours, pour environ 9 000 baht —…
Koh Phangan : Bien Plus que la Full Moon Party La réputation de Koh Phangan dans le monde entier repose sur un seul événement : la Full Moon Party, une soirée menée à pleine puissance sur Hat Rin qui rassemble des dizaines de milliers de personnes chaque mois. C’est réel, c’est bruyant, et c’est exactement…
Koh Tao: Where Divers Learn and Stay Koh Tao — ‘Turtle Island’ — is a small island 45 km north of Koh Samui in the Gulf of Thailand. It has a single significant claim: it is the cheapest and one of the best places in the world to learn to scuba dive. PADI Open Water…
Usufruct Agreement in Thailand: A Simple Guide for Expats A usufruct agreement in Thailand is one of the most powerful legal tools available to foreign nationals who want to secure long-term rights over Thai property without owning the land outright. Governed by Sections 1417–1428 of the Thai Civil and Commercial Code (CCC), usufruct grants the…
Koh Phangan: More Than One Party Koh Phangan sits between Koh Samui and Koh Tao in the Gulf of Thailand, and it has been defined internationally by a single event: the Full Moon Party at Hat Rin, a beach rave that draws 20,000–30,000 people to the southern tip of the island once a month. That…