MURDER In Rural Thailand

I interview Paul Wallis who spent 14 months in a rural town in the south of Thailand in the late 80's. Paul witnessed one extremely tragic event while he was there which he discusses in this video. Paul also gets into what life was life being the only foreigner in a town where nobody spoke English and he didn't speak Thai. There's also hilarious story about a run-in with the head of the village after Paul nearly killed his dog.
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[@ThairishTimes]

Here’s a playlist of all the videos I made with Paul Wallis check them out!!! kzbin.info/aero/PL8lk4tQnDinC4IXR48j7dUSUojDzkCzU9

[@michaeljolley6812]

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

[@ovrcmng]

we LOVE Paul Wallis

[@anna_m59]

He is a true story teller!

[@JBWanders73]

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

[@ThairishTimes]

Nice one Jim!

[@rijkie226]

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!

[@ThairishTimes]

Jeez Hansie sounds like a dangerous gig. Take it easy

[@luceinbattaglia9425]

Wow mate! Glad to hear you survived Melkweg (if I’m not getting wrong) in the golden age!🔝🦾👏🔝👏🦾Enjoy life buddy🍀

[@no_clot_shot1128]

What's going on in Netherlands? Heard they shoot at farmers there these days.... Clown world

[@britzman9905]

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

[@gregoryfrancisjames5071]

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

[@ThairishTimes]

Thanks Gregory

[@EL-rb8mp]

Great to see Paul back again, brilliant stories 👏 👍

[@uak007]

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

[@oywatters9415]

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 😊🙏

[@ThairishTimes]

Hehe i like his Thai mannerisms

[@ThailandThomas]

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.

[@ThairishTimes]

Nice, sounds like an interesting way to pick a place to travel to Thomas

[@natchateyawan7353]

Do you guys believe his stories??? He is just faking for the content... Trust me

[@ThailandThomas]

@@natchateyawan7353 Why would you say that, find nothing extreme or unusual about his stories

[@thaireetired75]

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

[@ThairishTimes]

Hehe Paul knows how to tell a story

[@martinpeacocke8968]

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

[@ThairishTimes]

Thanks Martin

[@rohitp340]

Paul is back again with his interesting stories !!!

[@rochestermartin6717]

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

[@ThairishTimes]

Glad you like the videos buddy. I'll have new interviews with Paul coming in a few weeks

[@jimmyjames4jesus]

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

[@gst6905]

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

[@ThairishTimes]

Thanks very much

[@paulseoighemcgee5772]

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 !

[@ThairishTimes]

Thanks Paul, hopefully in 100years people will be watching these interviews in awe of how Thailand was and astonished by the people who lived here

[@richardevans3801]

Always enjoy listening to Paul's stories.

[@ThairishTimes]

Me too

[@Mozzermarr10]

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

[@mangoking787]

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.

[@ThairishTimes]

Thanks mate. Lilly’s interview is coming soon

[@GerardoTrilobites]

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

[@ThairishTimes]

Glad you liked it Gerardo

[@allan4054]

Good to hear Paul again 👍

[@jimmyjames4jesus]

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

[@RABernard]

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

[@ThairishTimes]

Thanks Rob

[@cainer2686]

Brilliant Pete, another great interview with an absolute legend! Thank you

[@paulakloosterman8932]

Love hearing Paul’s stories.

[@ThairishTimes]

Glad you liked them

[@ThairishTimes]

Glad you liked them

[@shane0traveller451]

Love his stories and Thailand 🇹🇭

[@jhgfghjfuzrtfchchghgf]

Pauls life is fascinating! He has so many stories to tell. Please interview him more :)

[@gertdrok]

And again an Interesting Story/Interview Pete. 🙏

[@ThairishTimes]

Thanks Gert

[@FrazerHatyai]

good to see Paul back again!

[@ThairishTimes]

Glad you enjoyed Paul’s return

[@nokchilton1562]

Oh Paul again yay ! Love your life and how you tell the events of your life. It’s yet an amazing story again. Thanks Paul and Pete.

[@jamesbarclay8430]

Paul, is a great story teller.

[@RawOlympia]

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

[@ThairishTimes]

you are very welcome, glad you enjoyed it

[@jamiegurner3172]

great interview as always gd job

[@SetopeElise]

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

[@keepitrollin3977]

Hey Pete.love Paul and his life stories wow.paul don't go back to places have changed.just keep the memories.good job Pete.hope more stories from Paul thanks.keep it rollin

[@ThairishTimes]

Will do mate

[@MrMontana169]

Paul is an amazing person and one of the most intelligent man I have ever listened to talking and THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR Sharing your life stories and may GOD watch over you for the rest of your life

[@perpetualmoto]

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.

[@ThairishTimes]

Very interesting story cheers

[@rgasta7765]

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.

[@ThairishTimes]

There could be something similar to what you mentioned with Paul at a future date

[@ThairishTimes]

There could be something similar to what you mentioned with Paul at a future date

[@ThairishTimes]

There could be something similar to what you mentioned with Paul at a future date

[@ChangGoldLeaf]

"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.

[@senianns9522]

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!

[@joelawrence56]

Indian?

[@jomontanee]

Glad to see the man the myth the legend back.

[@luceinbattaglia9425]

I could listen Paul’s stories for decades without getting bored💚This man is an ark of knowledge and experience🔝👏🦾😎

[@RhysJervis]

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

[@Murray2278]

I think Paul's full of shit.

[@RhysJervis]

@@Murray2278 I think you're probably right.

[@aushotbod]

A street full of salt water pools amount of salt.

[@chuckholmes9125]

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..

[@Nessyk01]

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

[@ThairishTimes]

Lilly’s video is coming in a couple of days. It’s gonna be a long one

[@margarettownsley9500]

Fab video Pete thank you for sharing . Is the interview with Lilly expat life out yet I haven’t seen it thank you Pete

[@ThairishTimes]

Hi Margaret the Lilly interview is out now

[@craigmitcham2619]

hes a great story teller

[@allynoneill4140]

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

[@Ahmedaphor]

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

[@lifeofrazor]

Love these stories

[@jakeo1209]

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.

[@ThairishTimes]

Absolutely! My thoughts exactly

[@jamiesonsambarhunter]

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.

[@pannachawangkul585]

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?

[@ThairishTimes]

Wow that’s a sad story and terrible that the murderer never faces justice

[@GalwayBluebird]

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

[@ThairishTimes]

Cheers bud, glad you liked it

[@zandervanhoepen6543]

Thanks guys. Amazing to listen to you two talk. I live in Chiang Mai now and listening to your stories reaffirms to me why I moved to Thailand.

[@tonybaloney6656]

Great interview Pete. I’m mesmerised by Paul’s stories . I’m always left with questions like how does one collect tiger piss and two weeks for murder sounds a little lenient but I find Paul believable . Thailand seems like the kind of place anything could happen especially in those days.

[@ThairishTimes]

Lol yeah how would one collect that 😂😂

[@haydenhayden8872]

1stvtime in Thailand. Pattaya tiger park ( zoo ) stood near tiger enclosure. A tiger came to me, looked at me for a minute, them turned around and kissed about 3ft and hit thre side of my face. Do what I did, but hold a bucket ? ....the zoo keepers seen me and offered a towel. Apparently, this was obvious and not uncommon.

[@ATIWatchReviews]

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.

[@ThairishTimes]

Haha yeah exactly

[@MrTraveller.]

Paul stories anytime

[@ThairishTimes]

Cool👍🏼👍🏼

[@MaNe0815]

He is absolutely amazing.

[@waynegrunert7791]

Love you Paul for sharing

[@pokeamaniwillnotbereplaced]

Hi, Guys I enjoyed your interview with Paul. Such a fascinating character I could listen to his stories for hours. I was in a situation in Southern Mexico where I got caught up in some dodgy dealings. I will just say it was the import-export business. The boss man held a party in this three-story restaurant and we were on the top floor sitting around a round table. There were 8/10 people partying. From out of nowhere came this guy in a crash helmet he walked up to the boss and shot him twice in the head. His head exploded brain and his skull splattered everywhere including all over me. Pandamonium ensued. Everyone dived under tables I just grabbed my travel partner by the scruff of his collar and dragged him out of the building into our truck and we escaped. My friend could not speak he was in shock but he kept pointing at me. I was covered in the guy's brain. So I stop the truck and on the side of the road stripped and washed myself dumping the clothes and we went on our merry way. Take care. GOD Bless you and yours. M

[@ThairishTimes]

You need to write a book mate

[@pokeamaniwillnotbereplaced]

@@ThairishTimes Or at least put it in some videos. I will think on this

[@paulwilson2968]

Interesting likable guy

[@graerindley6312]

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.😀

[@1morchang]

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.

[@dominiquelaurain6427]

Such a character Paul Wallis ;-)

[@ThairishTimes]

😂👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@Bekindloveis]

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

[@drfunkmaster]

this guy is a legend

[@keef6586]

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

[@senianns9522]

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!

[@liamobrien154]

Your channel is banger pal! Love your content ! And Paul is an absolute legend! Just amazing! You guys make we wanna make the move to Thailand… believe it or not!? 😂🤣

[@soldiermick]

More great stories from Paul.

[@ThairishTimes]

Absolutely Mick

[@robertburnett6348]

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.

[@rungtipmodakham9378]

Paul made me lauh & smile while lstening to him.

[@Phillip-tw8qe]

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

[@onalonan]

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.

[@ThairishTimes]

Cool I read that’s when Bangkok’s gem industry flourished

[@maxgiii_beach_street_photo7161]

Great.

[@anna_m59]

Paul Wallis and Steven Ross are the top story tellers.

[@KingofJajce]

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?

[@ThairishTimes]

I have a new interview with him where he goes into detail about the relationships he’s had in Thailand. Coming really soon

[@PaulWalliswriter]

I forgot all about this one!

[@liamobrien154]

Can anyone tells me what Paul’s channel is? 🙏🏻

[@issadiawara38]

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 🙏🏾🤗✌🏾🎩❤️🇹🇭

[@chuckholmes9125]

He is correct the same happened to me l could not work at all just sit and eat watch TV ride motorbikes take to the people who were so kind to a black American to this day I have never been called The "N" word The Thai people are great people. This is why I moved here twenty-five years ago.

[@Destinationswithdunks]

Interesting guy

[@davidenvall3685]

That’ll be the day ey

[@captainpugwash7174]

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.

[@wytchend]

Great Storrrey Pete 5555

[@onalonan]

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.

[@thestewozshow7042]

cracking stories

[@ThairishTimes]

Glad you like them

[@TheThailightZone]

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.

[@graerindley6312]

If they don't live in Thailand where are they living???????😀

[@pepelemoko01]

Pete ,you have some good Bangkok contacts ask around about a guy called John Everingham an Australian photojournalist who covered the Vietnam war. They even made a movie about him, it would be a cracker of an interview. Joe Cummings would know his name.

[@ThairishTimes]

This guy is super interesting. Let me see what I can do. Cheers for the lead 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@juicemonkey64]

Paul rules!! Love his stories. Dont think he is a BSer

[@Dmanz67]

I think we can take Paul's tales with a pinch of Chilli flakes!!😂😂

[@m.g.3913]

Wait a minute..... He couldn't communicate with anyone but he had an agreement that he would teach the kids for 1.5 hours every day? How on earth would you come to that agreement?

[@ThairishTimes]

Lots of hand gestures and smiles

[@joelawrence56]

the monk who invited him to stay originally would have helped organise it

[@CornPopPotus]

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

[@ThairishTimes]

Meh that’s what happens when you film outside in Thailand

[@spokeman]

@@ThairishTimes After watching the full interview I was able to get past the lighting and it was terrific.

[@saingmckinnon6631]

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

[@garywalling4341]

All of what he's saying is 'true', been there (in Isaan) exactly the same 11 years on and off at 'the farm' as it was refferred to.

[@garywalling4341]

They spiked me once (put lao in my Chang) then, when I was totally bolloxed, called the cops from the nearest town (7 of them came). They h/cuffed me and took me to jail or baan ling (monkey house) on a charge of drunk and disorderly. This was on Songkran day. Later found out this was because my wife and family wanted to play hi/lo with my money undisturbed. It then cost me 500 Baht to get out 2 days later aswell.

[@rodneyweeks3798]

UNREEL!!! no, knot shore oh, OK **** UNREEL!!!

[@ThairishTimes]

Reeeeeeeel

[@ericdelevinquiere9902]

How fast is time flying, reminds me of my time in Africa, the only white boy these people ever saw at the time. Made me feel like I was on another planet, just a human being having a unique experience and definitely not knowing what to do, like walking on a tight rope, all you know, your existence is all in the balance.