Imagine time travel exists and you could do it all over again, starting a expat life in Thailand but with the experience you have now. What would you do different?

I'd move to less expat-oriented area sooner.

Cherish the occasional nymphomaniac I came across instead of stupidly throwing away her phone number

nothing

nothing

Ditto...

working at home as government clerk, simulate some disease, get early pension and than live in Pattaya as sexpat on an expired visa.

Doing it the good way....having a company....working hard, have work permit, be married....everything right but where is the fun.

Not clicking on this thread.

Not build the house that I did, where I did, Other than that, quite happy with my decisions.

traveled around more rather then signing a 1-year lease

I think that the only thing that I would do differently would be not to get involved with buying property here.

Incorporate the Russian attitude, or first buy a dog. Then the rest of the voyage will be smooth sailing.

IPO the company *BEFORE* the coup........

Stayed on in uni for a doctoral degree in marine biology, specialized in tropical reef dynamics, have my choice of tropical locations to live in and do my research, publish a paper every 18 months or so, live off research grants and the occasional lecture fee.

One of the great disappointments of my lifetime is they haven't invented a functional time machine.

Move somewhere else.

Go out seven nights per week as opposed to four to five nights per week.

I think that the only thing that I would do differently would be not to get involved with buying property here.

What went wrong then?

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Learn Thai. And I think I wouldve been happier living in a province.

Learned to speak Thai. Almost 5 years in Thailand and to my shame, cant say much more than hello and thank you.

Not messed around with one of my former Thai female work colleagues because it has taken wifey about 4 years to properly forgive me!!

And looking back the work colleague wasn't worth it anyway - the grass is hardly ever greener.

I also wished I had traveled more.

Now very settled with job, wife, kid we don't get much chance to travel around Thailand.

And finally, fresh off the plane, wish I hadn't let the farang real estate agent rip me off on a house rental, but I was a newbie and didn't know any better!

Generally speaking though there aint too much I would change.

Not being to decent.

I think that the only thing that I would do differently would be not to get involved with buying property here.

What went wrong then?

Nothing went wrong. But in retrospect the downsides probably outweigh the upsides, which was my main concern at the time I bought it.

Not exactly the end of the world (not even close, in fact) but given the choice it's not something that I would choose to do again.

Like eating sweet Thai pizza with mayonnaise.

rented the ferrari a bit longer before buying the corolla

for me:::

i would have brought that 10 rai of land on Na Nai road back in 1985 when they wanted only 1,000,000 baht for the whole piece!! LOL

at the time , i thought, its swamp land, worthless :-)

Not build the house that I did, where I did, Other than that, quite happy with my decisions.

not build a house, give the wive no creditcard on your account, etc...

wasted less time posting on forums

buy condo instead of wasting so much on rent.

Zero...I'm happy with the choices I made here. However if I did it again I might have stayed in Indonesia instead

No do overs in life....but if I could???

Would have stayed at home and never got married.....?

Nothing, it's by our mistakes we learn....not from what we do right.

Would never have come here.

And certainly not buy a new car here.

I would have done the same. I did not buy anything here, not married, live cheap and simple...