Good post. A few things I'd recommend differently: No VOA. Get a 6 month multiple entry tourist visa in your home country. Buy a used scooter if you plan on staying in one place more than 2 months. If you decide to leave you can sell it at a very small loss (or possibly a profit). Thai grammar is so simple that if you just try to learn a vocabulary word or two per day, you can actually really impress people with your language skills after not long... Just my opinion and otherwise on point. Been following you around a week and seen some good posts from you, keep it up!