Following a separation I was floundering to quite an extent, not really knowing what was the best was forward for my life. I had a well-paid job and also had my own business on the side that was turning over in excess of £100,000 a year but I felt my life had just been torn apart from the day she told me she didn't love me anymore.
I had a few friends that were married to Thai's who all lived near me in England but it never really crossed my mind to ever travel to the other side of the world until one day that very thought just popped in to my head, for no apparent reason.
Not being a particularly impulsive guy I had to draw out some kind of plan. I didn't want to take girls out of bars but I also did not really want to be on my own. I went online and found some girls to talk to on a free website "Badoo". Naturally enough there were plenty of time-wasters and scam artists from some African nations (mostly Nigerians - surprise, surprise!).
I did however find one girl that really caught my interest and imagination and for the next five or six weeks we talked every day on MSN Messenger and via webcam. It came as no surprise then that I booked my flight to Bangkok with the intention of meeting this person and spending some time with her. So I booked 3 weeks off work and found a nice cheap flight and was ready for the journey in to the unknown just 3 weeks later...