theblether Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 (edited) My biggest mistake in Thailand was to get roped into a business deal on my second trip........it cost me a lot of time, but not a lot of money, however time is money. What was your biggest mistake? . Edited August 23, 2012 by theblether Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post arthurwait Posted August 23, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2012 Opening this thread. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblether Posted August 23, 2012 Author Share Posted August 23, 2012 Could be Arthur.....let's see what happens. I'll go put on my flame retardent clothing in the meantime. Anyway.....plenty of people like to boast about how switched on and perfect they are.......how about the disasters? We've all had them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post notmyself Posted August 23, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2012 Not learning enough about the place. Easy to look back but if I knew 10 years ago (about Thailand) what I know now then I would have retired at least 2 years earlier. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauGR1 Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 I did uncountable mistakes, but i'll tell you a funny one.. ..One morning, at a beach restaurant, i noticed a young foreign girl having troubles to get hot water from the kettle.. Promply i smiled at her and offer to help.. Gosh, i was too quick to push the top of the kettle, and she got the boiling water on her hand Oh, the evil look she gave me.. I could not stop laughing for the rest of the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 The bar......huge mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post submaniac Posted August 23, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2012 Not realizing that coming to Thailand can apparently make you bisexual. 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Not realizing that coming to Thailand can apparently make you bisexual. You feel you've been missing out then? I don't....but then I am a bit prudish when it comes to that stuff.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurwait Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Not realizing that coming to Thailand can apparently make you bisexual. You feel you've been missing out then? I don't....but then I am a bit prudish when it comes to that stuff.... Don't worry it's normal. No it's not. Yes it is. Repeat until bored. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobalt60 Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 If only I had known how much brown envelopes cost. Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Thaivisa Connect App Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post waza Posted August 23, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2012 I guess mine was coming to a land of freedom with millions of beautfull women with jaw dropping smiles and being to shy to talk with them lol 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arthurwait Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 I guess mine was coming to a land of freedom with millions of beautfull women with jaw dropping smiles and being to shy to talk with them lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KeyserSoze01 Posted August 23, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2012 (edited) My biggest mistake was actually believing half the stuff I read on the Internet about the place. EDIT: typo Edited August 23, 2012 by KeyserSoze01 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notmyself Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 The bar......huge mistake. What happened? I love failed bar stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 The bar......huge mistake. What happened? I love failed bar stories. It failed. Mind you I learnt that farang expats are to be trusted far less than the indigenous population so that makes the loss of a few quid somewhat worthwhile in the long run. I love to hear success stories myself....it seldom happens on here though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post notmyself Posted August 23, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2012 The bar......huge mistake. What happened? I love failed bar stories. It failed. Mind you I learnt that farang expats are to be trusted far less than the indigenous population so that makes the loss of a few quid somewhat worthwhile in the long run. I love to hear success stories myself....it seldom happens on here though. Roger that We all get turned over at some stage and we hope we learn by it. People who complain about getting 'scammed' out of 30 Baht on a BKK tuktuk should be happy the lesson was so cheap. Others lose their entire life savings and have to return home, come out of retirement and start again and I've seen that a few times. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacktrip Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 The bar......huge mistake. What happened? I love failed bar stories. It failed. Mind you I learnt that farang expats are to be trusted far less than the indigenous population so that makes the loss of a few quid somewhat worthwhile in the long run. I love to hear success stories myself....it seldom happens on here though. it was unsuccessful at serving failures. big surprise there. next time make some food or something useful, rather then drowning us in cheap piss water. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokie36 Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 The bar......huge mistake. What happened? I love failed bar stories. It failed. Mind you I learnt that farang expats are to be trusted far less than the indigenous population so that makes the loss of a few quid somewhat worthwhile in the long run. I love to hear success stories myself....it seldom happens on here though. it was unsuccessful at serving failures. big surprise there. next time make some food or something useful, rather then drowning us in cheap piss water. Thanks for the constructive advice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJIC Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 (edited) Listening to the advice of a Thai Lawyer who stated catergoricaly that I could buy a house in my own name! I'm one of the few lucky ones though, who much later came out of it OK ,and only lost 50,000 bahts,so i'm not too upset. So be careful Newbies to Thailand,you make your biggest mistakes in the first 6 months in Thailand. I don't think Thai Visa was in existance at that particular time. Edited August 23, 2012 by MAJIC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brit1984 Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 One mistake I made was to leave the house with my fly undone... a bigger mistake was not wearing any boxers that day. Sent from iPhone; please forgive any typos or violations of forum rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notmyself Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Listening to the advice of a Thai Lawyer who stated catergoricaly that I could buy a house in my own name! I thought you could buy the house but not the land. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brit1984 Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 I thought it would be nice to make a short (one line) speech at my wedding... I intended to say sawadee crap, carp cun crap (hello, thankyou) but I fluffed it and it came out as a meaningless mumble... luckily only 500 people were there. Sent from iPhone; please forgive any typos or violations of forum rules 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pigeonjake Posted August 23, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2012 my bigest mistake, not finding thailand sooner,,, i love the place jake 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJIC Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 (edited) Listening to the advice of a Thai Lawyer who stated catergoricaly that I could buy a house in my own name! I thought you could buy the house but not the land. Yes! on a 30 year lease,which is not the same as ownership,Or in your Company name,which is still not the same as your ownership.And you are correct you can't buy the land. Edited August 23, 2012 by MAJIC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brit1984 Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Booked flights from Bangkok to Ubon instead of Ubon to Bangkok, twice. Sent from iPhone; please forgive any typos or violations of forum rules 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brit1984 Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Going back a few years, I left my Blackberry under the bed in the Amari Chaweng. Unfortunately I didn't realise until I reached Bangkok. Sent from iPhone; please forgive any typos or violations of forum rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brit1984 Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Jogging up and down Patong beach for an hour in the afternoon without sun cream. Sent from iPhone; please forgive any typos or violations of forum rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brit1984 Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 Getting lost wandering around Phuket in the rain. Sent from iPhone; please forgive any typos or violations of forum rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAFO Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 (edited) Believing that EVERYTHING is cheaper. I was surprised after I did all my own homework how misguided and misinformed most are. I guess it must be all that CHEAP crap beer that they drink. On Edit: You can buy an excellent quality beer in the states for nearly 25% cheaper then you can buy a bottle of Leo Edited August 23, 2012 by JAFO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brit1984 Posted August 23, 2012 Share Posted August 23, 2012 A couple of times I nearly suffered a painful death-by-chillies (I suffered the pain but didn't actually die) all because I was too embarrassed to say the food was too spicy for me. Sent from iPhone; please forgive any typos or violations of forum rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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