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By armchair critique on Amazon UK website

Peter's book flows and is easy to read. It's light hearted and a good read. He takes off for the land of smiles and ends up in a few twists and turns. You follow him from the South in one of Thailand's notorious red light areas (won't say which one, don't want to reveal all).
Peter's unfortunate circumstances lead him to Udon Thani in the North East of Thailand. As he travels there with a cute, beautiful Thai girl he meets, things take an unexpected turn leaving him pondering his next move. As life unfolds for him he begins to embrace life in a village. Experiencing genuine Thai culture, fitting in with the locals, trying to make sense of his new culture.
Throughout this book you get a sense of understanding about how and why Thais do things and think the way they do.
He enjoys his new surroundings and starts to live like a Thai, even experiencing work that Thais in the North East would typically do.
As a reader, you find yourself laughing at his misadventures, and cheering him on in others. Just being himself he hopes to fit in and become accepted by the villagers, but, at times the 'stupid farang' becomes the butt of much humour for the locals. Will they warm to him and accept the outsider?

Author's note; thanks for taking the trouble to review, glad you liked the book.

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A delightful read that begins with an unfortunate accident in Pattaya and ended up with a memorable holiday in Ban Lek, a village in Isaan (North East Thailand).
The blundering farang (Westerner or 'Ang Mo' begins his story on a wtwr-ski in Pattaya and finds himself crashing into a fruit vendor's handcart, that sends splinters of water scooter, pieces of fruit and fragments of wood flying.
He found himself in a police station and left 150,000 baht poorer.
Feeling sorry for himself and faced with the possibility of cutting short his holiday, he was saved by an Issan bar-girl who invited him to stay at her home where his $ can stretch much further.
I folowed the author to Ban Lek and enjoyed the village life, amusing encounters with farmers, fisherman, spirit doctors, Thai boxers and even an ostrich and learned about the strange customs and people of Isaan.
Needless to say, I felt a tinge of sadness when it was time for him to say goodbye to the villagers.

Author's note; thanks for your kind words Jane, glad you enjoyed the book.