Take a look at Destinations Unknown The Roads Less Traveled on YouTube it has many great locations few if any foreigners visit. Skip Chiang Mai city and Pai just your typical overrun tourist dumps.
Learning Thai has saved me a great deal of time and money. It really pays for itself in the long run besides sorry no matter how tone deaf you are like myself you can still learn. Besides if you want a Thai woman to date you , your chances are much better at finding a good one. As I did here twenty two years ago.
