Backpacking Travel. Many new backpackers begin traveling in Thailand because it is a relatively easy way to break into Asia and there is a highly established tourist infrastructure there.
English is spoken in varying degrees of quality in all the tourist areas, so there is not much of a language barrier to deal with. Best of all, despite big price jumps, Thailand is a relatively cheap destination! Many of the Thailand tips below can be applied to other Buddhist countries around Southeast Asia and to budget travel in general. This disorganized page of my own travel notes somehow mysteriously ended up so popular that I decided to dedicate an entire site to Thailand tips. GapYear. Lonely Planet. Travel Fish.