With the good weather comes good spirits. “People are very social,” he says. “In the UK winter, it isn’t busy on the weekends ...

A Thai Buddhist monk wears winter hat as he waits for offerings in Bangkok, Thailand, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit) ...

They'd traveled to Thailand countless times on vacation and loved everything about the country, but it was the pandemic that gave them the idea of moving there. "Life just happens really fast ...