Working the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Scott Mallon is an American photojournalist in Bangkok; his work has appeared in the Bangkok Post, Boxing Digest, Boxing Japan, Boxing News, HBO Sports, Irrawaddy Magazine, J.A.M.A., Maclean's, Mandala Magazine, Phuket Gazette and The Ring, as well as numerous other publications. As an expat living in Thailand since November 1995, he's traveled extensively throughout Southeast Asia. 

He's been inside both Bang Kwang and Klong Prem Prisons, lost months at a time partying the days and nights away, been hospitalized several times, once near death, trained and fought in Muay Thai, managed a regional and world-rated championship boxers, been thrown in jail, and fathered two boys. Somehow, through it all, he's managed to remain married to the same Thai woman for twenty years.

This website is dedicated to illustrating one man's life in a foreign land and how he copes with the day-to-day dramas and cultural differences. What is most important is you acquire a taste of Thailand and the realities of day-to-day life; the magical flavors of it's food, the friendliness of it's people, and the exotic and not-so-exotic destinations that An American in Bangkok encounters in his travels. 

You'll get the good, the bad, and the ugly from someone who has lived here — really lived. No touristy fluff, no backpacker BS, no illusions of grandeur, no drama, only the truth as An American in Bangkok sees it.