(Picture of Pay & Joel 2011 in Bangkok, Thailand)
Pay was born and raised in Bangkok, Thailand. She went to school to study Thailand tourism. Before Red Basil, she has worked in Asian restaurants in the US and in Thailand for over eight years. Her mother was born and raised in southern Thailand. Strangely, her mother never learned how to swim. Pay’s dad was born and raised in Bangkok just like Pay. However, Pay’s grandpa (Pay’s father’s father) actually comes from China.
Pay’s other half, Joel, was raised in Utah, but served a religious mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Thailand. However, during his mission, Joel served just about everywhere except southern Thailand. After Joel and Pay met in Salt Lake City, Utah and were married in the Salt Lake Temple, Pay took Joel to southern Thailand to see many of the wonders one can behold. These southern Thailand trips were a major turning point for their lives.
When experiencing such beautiful scenery, one may ask why most people skip over this experience in life, to never know about it. Yes, the mountains of Utah are stunning and Yellowstone is mesmerizing, but this is an equally important place to experience and explore.