I'm planning a trip to Thailand but I'm pretty sure people who knew me would be kind of suspicious if I off and went to Bangkok by myself for a couple weeks. Has anyone else had a similar situation? What did you tell people you were doing while you were there?
step 1, find a decently performing public company with office in vancouver, calgary, toronto, and project in thailand.
step 2, make an initial investment and call the CEO to describe the project to you
step 3, download all their business materials, recent corporate presentation, print out, read and mark up hard copies and leave these around the house, mention to your friends, co-workers
step 4, ask the CEO about analyst trips scheduled for that project, ask if you can tag along on the next trip
step 5, CEO will likely extend an invitation to next trip and, or, invite to visit if and when you are in that part of the world
step 6, accept invitation, you now have a plausible business excuse to go to thailand
normally if they think you might be a serious investor they will pay your way for a site visit if you pay to get to the country
if it is an analyst trip they will have a charter plane setup for the analysts, cost of an additional person negligible
if you pick a decent company as well, you might make enough to cover the trip and more
while in thailand, make sure you visit the beaches and whatever else tickles your fancy