MURDER In Rural Thailand 

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I shared a special tea with young Paul yesterday. He's a genuine character!

we LOVE Paul Wallis

Paul is a great guy. I enjoy hearing all his stories in Thailand. I have done the close your eyes and stick a pin on the map for the next place I would travel. Has worked out well. Great video Pete. Keep bring Paul back, I am sure he has more stories to tell us.

Good one Pete. Paul makes me chuckle when he speaks Thai, sooo good, and I can relate to his story. Another enjoyable vlogging, as always 😊🙏

Brilliant Paul, Pete can't get enough 🤣well done guys 👏

great interview as always gd job

“Flashing LED lights” 🤣😂 if ya know… Ya know!!

Oh boy. This guy really knows how to tell a story. Sucks you right in. He had an interesting life. It is not the kind of life I would wish for myself, of course, but it certainly was interesting.

Love Paul's stories very interesting times, good stuff Pete :D

He is absolutely amazing.

Paul's story is very captivating, and he looks like he has been drinking LOTS of Rice Whisky/Lao Kao in his time, bless his heart. About the murder, it brings back a memory when I was a child, living in my old hometown, about a murder. I was quite young then, but old enough to know what's going on. The story is about a class of school teachers from another province came to visit my school teacher neighbor, and they went camping by the river, Pa Sak river to be exact. Anyway, this one young handsome teacher was probably flirting with a young woman from the other side of the river in a village called Song Korn. She was probably has already been spoken for or engaged to some guy from her village already, so, the next morning, the body of that young handsome school teacher was found floating down the river. He has been beaten to death and then thrown into the river. The murderer was never found, but most folks knew who did it. My point to the story is, don't mess with any woman when in the rural area, because some Thai men will kill to defend their honor. I am glad Paul is alive and I am sure he has many more stories to tell. I am glad that he didn't flirt with any rural women, or did he?

I use to travel.like that. Just took off. No phone or Internet. I went to Nicaragua during the Contra wars in the the 80s. Got rides on mules, scooters, and pick ups. (I stood next to the pretty girls who were hitchhiking.). Now I am hooked up like everyone else. Not so much fun.

Great guests and very interesting. But wow bad choice on the lighting Paul goes in and out of the light dark and bright. The host looks like he's blue screened-in. It is very difficult to stay in the topic one the visual so bad like that it's a shame

Lol, of course I will talk to myself too, everybody talking about me .

I will never live forever!

I don't believe half of what he says but i don't care, hes a good story teller regardless.

Paul, why don't you fix your missing tooth. Its not so expensive. Go to the Dentist Dept., Chulalongkorn University next to Siam Square. You would get a ton of beautiful Thai lady. Then , also you can have a good Thai disk steak, "Nea Yang".

This geeza needs to be put back on his meds

What is miyanoi wife?

Extremely interesting man.

oh for a length of thread and the handle on a heavy door

I could listen to Paul’s stories everyday and love them! Very interesting guy! Thanks Paul & Pete

Good easy listen but taking his stories with a big pinch of salt these days.

Paul is a genuine guy. Love the stories as I just a bit younger and traveled SE Asia there and then. I've been shot twice being a doorman at Amsterdams biggest club. First in 1997 later in 2019 just before corona. Went straight back to North Thailand for easy quite life. But had to go back for surgery, recovering now. Anyways be back soon when found a good tennant for my house here. Thank you Pete. Love your interviewing. No rush and good questions. Cheers mate!

I went through the same thing in a small village outside of Lamphun. They even offered me a wife, a house, and a motorbike what an experience..

In my case I tend toss a dart at a map or look for a remote place that the chances of encountering another foreigner is about nil. I kept a journal myself for years when I was wandering so I can certainly relate to Paul. I had to struggle myself for weeks when I first arrived here and I can,t say it was enjoyable but it forced me to learn the basics of speaking Thai. No regrets now looking back it made me a better person and made life here much more easy and enjoyable. Witnessed a lot of weird crap here over the years so can relate to Paul's stories.

Love the one toothed bandit Paul. He's lived 100x more life than all these sorry pricks who ridicule him in comments. He reminds me of many of more dads mates. I've just been to Thailand for 2 months for the first time and have fallen in love with the country. I want to live a life of adventure and mystery, the superficial western life is not for me. Cheers to the YABA Crusader!!! Hopefully can see you out there my man.

....and isn't it great to hear these stories whether they are fabricated or not? I for one welcome this.

Is your name Paul or Greg??? You are homeless now in the Philippines Paul/Greg?

Brilliant, Paul is back. I've done a couple of RU-vid videos up country in rural Isan (i'm very novice though). Sounds similar to where I go. So many things resonate with what I always experience, in particular tying to get around the village while avoiding the Laew Kaew....The music being blasted out by number 1 in the village through speakers too, often at 5 or 6am. I am literally the only farrang that goes there. It's quite a spectacle when I arrive. Lol. They are salt of the earth people. Most of the village elders are still using the sun and moon for time, there's no Internet and electric is sparse, certainly at night. It's like the UK 100 years ago. I absolutely love it! Another great interview.

Paule is facinating

I spent 4 months living in the Cardamom Jungle of Cambodia and there was very little English out there - I also began to write, but I learned more Khmer in those months than the rest of my time in Cambodia. Kids taight me the most with reguards to language bc kids dont judge, they are used to correcting and moving on, after schooling we loose some of that.

Pauls got the goods about heaps of true stuff. Good on him for talking.

This guy's shtories never dissapoint! I could listen to him for hours!

I Loved listening to this man story. Only god knows how many more stories he has to tell (like stories about the thai women he met in the 80s,). I would love to know where he ended up staying after a life of travel (I heard outskirts of Bangkok only). Him mentioning about the curious kids in the village touching his body is similar to what I experienced when I took a teaching job in Vietnam in a village 3 hrs away from Ho Chi Minh City in 2017.

Story time

Great to see Paul back again, brilliant stories 👏 👍

Hi Pete discovered your site by accident it's addictive I must say esp listening to this Paul Wallis got some great stories and good delivery

Hello Pete, Paul is a very good story teller. He reminds of Orson Wells. I felt sorry for Paul, when he was admiring this woman washing. He was most probably waiting for her sarong to fall, but it did not happen. Paul forgot the saying, "what you can see sometimes it is hard to get." Pete I am looking forward to see the video, where you interviewed Lilly expat. Take care my friend. Love your video's.

Pete, you really bring the best out of Paul....and others by your gentle questioning. Great video.

Paul is back!!!!! He needs a spin-off series :)

Paul is a great storyteller. Another excellent video indeed 👍

Simple village life but fascinating stories on insights into their culture & thinking Paul’s experience in those days show a kinder & generous side of the villager so different from the stories of the deceitful bargirls villager stories of money grabbing parents & their relatives Paul stories show the good side of the villagers

I was living in Phuket town in the mid 80's. I often went to Nakon Si Thammarat and Thung Song. I thought some of the most beautiful Thai women I had ever seen were from around that area. The facial features and 'bone structure' of the face was completely different from the girls of Northern Thailand. I presume it was from the years of 'Indian' migration into the Southern Thai provinces and of course Malaysia? I enjoyed the area, beautiful rice fields around Pattalung . Nearest night out for Farangs may have been Songkhla. (Many working offshore for Unocal ). Great memories!

Should have kept him to his word. Please say never again once more.

Interview was too short was bloody enjoying that story, ahhhhhhh 😅😅😅❤❤❤❤❤

I think the saying "I've seen it all" really DOES apply to Paul in Thailand. What's he not done or seen? lol I could listen to him all day long.

"No tarmac roads". I remember when there were no tarmac roads in Patong in the early eighties. There was the beach road, which was just a farm track and Bangla Road, which was just rubble and went up to half of it's present length, and that was it.

Terrific! Paul & Pete I always enjoy Paul telling his experiences. Other people are so fascinating! I wish Paul the very best!

Paul is back again with his interesting stories !!!

I had a turkey farm on the edge of the jungle in Koh Samui in 92 before that lived with the Issan and Nakkon si Tamarat construction workers in another hut for around a year. First on seen for the air crash near Chaweng before the police or public.

I could listen to Paul Wallis all day long. Such a captivating story teller. Thank you for sharing it.

Love his stories and Thailand 🇹🇭

Just wanted to add: Most of the hitmen, gunmen hired for 'business around Thailand' came from Nakon Si Thammarat. It is well known in Thailand as the Gunmen province!

Paul, is a great story teller.

Paul stories anytime

Great video of paul again. I will differ with Paul on one thing, I have traveled to many out of the way Asian places for extended periods and they will always give respect to a foreigner if you respectfully refuse the alcohol they offer, including at a mens-only drinking setting. (You are never obliged to drink it). Applies to thailand and other countries i travelled to decades ago.😀

There are some foreigners before 1975 here in Bangkok, not too much but not rare. Until the year 1977 the golden era for the tourists in Thailand(from Thai human science history book), because there are tons of foreigners coming to Thailand like never before in 1977, and because of it's the ending time of the cold war and the world start to become more peaceful and plus the ending time of Indo-China problems, so at that time(1977) there are tons of the foreign investors came to invest in Thailand like never before in Bangkok and in big cities around Thailand.

Always enjoy listening to Paul's stories.

Love the return of Paul a real character

KUDOs to this man, to you, to the chill beat at the beginning!

Very interesting, but why did you not ask him about dating local girls in the village back then, I wonder if it was possible at all?

Where the hell did you dig him up?? Excellent interview and great stories!

Interesting likable guy

About time, love this guy, moreeeeee please. 1 hr interviews bro

Good to hear Paul again 👍

This guy kinda sounds like John Lydon

When are you playing the Lilly video ? Looking forward to it 💕

Who cares he makes it up, there fantastic stories, and he is a master story teller. 👍

good to see Paul back again!

Great stories. As entertaining as ever. Keep up the great work Pete. More of Paul please if possible!

hes a great story teller

Good to see Paul is back. He has some great experiences and is a terrific storyteller! HopIng he does more of these in the future.

the big knot 😏

I was around southern Thailand as a teen travelling alone in the late 80s. I remember seeing quite a few foreigners around. Nothing like now but it wasn't that unusual.

And again an Interesting Story/Interview Pete. 🙏

I'd listen to Paul 24/7.... What a story teller you're Paul 555+ "Pai nai" in NakhonSi would be much more fun to answer as "Pai Yai " Yai as in Hatyai 555+...Southerners knows it. Much Love from Kenya Paul 👍

If you live in Thailand 🇹🇭 these guy is telling nothing but truth willing to meet him in person and have great conversation with him I came to Thailand 🇹🇭 in 1999 till now traveling in and out back and forth but before me coming to Thailand 🇹🇭 there was my family lived here at Miami hotel and apartment next to the hotel since 1980s they were here from Mali 🇲🇱 west Africa all of them have already moved back home I’m sure Paul most known some of my family members used to be here if we meet and I tell him their names he most knew them for sure at NANA SUKHUMVIT AREA 🙏🏾🤗✌🏾🎩❤️🇹🇭

Great down to earth interviews - better than a good movie - its real!!

wat a great video pete, i like paul stories too

10 grams of gunga was 5O baht (2.50$) thai logs not sticks, logs 1$ each , bottle of whiskey 2$ , . Koh Samui 2$ pn for a bungalow on the beach, . Had to be very careful in Bangkok , police set you up, 1gram of gunga sold under cover , bribe cost 1000$ u.s or stay in jail if no money 🤑😂. Thailand was amazing in the early 80s. Pauls the real deal😂, women do all the work, men smoke opium all day and drink whiskey, thats up north at Chiang mai😂. Poppy's everywhere 😂. Pauls lived the dream, I'm so happy to experience similar to paul. Now Thailand has sadly changed, expensive and too many tourists 😢.

Love hearing Paul’s stories.

Pete, this guy is a legend ! Another great interview with Paul.

thanks for another fantastic interview, love listen Paul talking, had been a wonderfull surprise listening him again.

Brings back memories, Thailand was grouse then, koh Samui was paradise, now it makes me cry, absolutely ruined, Chiang mai , chiang rai, hill tribe treks in the jungle, Bangkok was mad as fun😂. Good old days. Now its expensive and over touristed , anyways im glad i back packed Thailand in early 80s.bankok had VD clinics everywhere 😂, scams Goin on, you could buy anything M16s, grenades, china town was wild, patpong was a good night out😂. Could drink beer and whiskey at the movies and smoke as well, thai boxing was crazy gambling at lumpini stadium. The thai police were so corrupt , had to be very careful, any trouble straight to jail, then you gotta pay money 🤑💰 u.s dollars only. No money 🤑 and you stay in jail. Buffalo fights, cock fights, gambling. This guy is the real deal, so many stories 😂.

Farang ki nok

I love Paul ! This form of docu - journalism - collating the very interesting stories of the farangs - is historically important , especially Paul who's a real gem of a story teller and a gent . Slainté Pete !

So many foreigners come and live in Bangkok and say they live in Thailand. No you don't, you live in a close replica of your Western homeland that happens to be situated in Thailand. You must leave Bangkok, or any major city, to see real Thailand.

"No, never. Not my generation. I've always had access to the internet." So beautifully blunt. I love you, Pete.

It's a rural Thai culture my friend not a celebrity things. They'll treat every guest the same, for me I'm a Bangkokian and when I go to my friend house in the rural areas, most of the people over there will come to join me all day all night and I cannot pay the money because it's rude to them, they just want to pay everything for you as a guest that's how nice they are and of course they'll tell you do not have to help them to do anything because you are a guest and they'll give you a piece of fabric called "Pa-Kaw-Ma" as a new friend, they are really happy even met just Bangkok people and two of their friends even come to join from neighbor villages and brought a lot of their local yummy food and their homemade local alcohol. And in Thailand you couldn't pay for killed people my friend, that's just the bail the accused fees that you could pay to have a little free times to probably fight in the court or something else in case you do not have any bad behaviors before.

Glad to see the man the myth the legend back.

When I moved over to Thailand in 2016 I was doing my in-laws garden. I wasn’t told anything like that, no wonder we don’t get along. They took the piss out of me, myself and my wife have our own house now and another son on the way. Things will be different than before, that’s why it’s best not to live with Thai people. Wanting money for nothing. Let’s be honest, if you’re reading this it’s happening to you.

Such a character Paul Wallis ;-)

Bloody funny, couldn't stop laughing,thanks Paul 😅

This dude is just one of the many reasons why I stopped going to bars. I would be there enjoying a pint or two, reading the paper, and someone like this joker would always roll in and ruin my afternoon. The Joe Cumming's interview was genuine. This guy is a self-absorbed blowhard. Another hard pass.

When we where travelling and in Thailand 1990 we use to get post sent to post offices and no phones, you had to travel to use a phone, same as India.

Mine oh mine... Incredible life story, Paul...

Paul Wallis is an old school gentleman. Top bloke. I thought that girl with a sarong washing the clothes was going to be the "How I met my wife" part of the vlog..😂

I'de hate to get whacked up country where I am at the moment . North Thailand, Sukhothai , Thailand. If I got whacked up here it's good night Irene for you here there's no way in hell would you get found up here if they wanted it that way .