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If you’re thinking about traveling-on-a-budget (or backpacking) in Thailand then here’s a really good reason why you should get right off the beaten track. The experience will grow you as a person – and be something that you can talk about happily for hours when you’re safely back home! (Or having a few quiet drinks with the boys!) It’s also good (as much as possible anyway) to go where others don’t tend to go. After all, this is the whole purpose of traveling to a new country right? You go for the experience, to check out the culture, and to see if you can do it too. But, how on earth do you get off the beaten track a bit? Here’s how.

Firstly you need to get right away from the tourist hangouts. You don’t need to do the island trips, Bangkok’s nightlife, or Khaosan road. That’s where every fresh faced backpacker heads and where every Tuk Tuk driver will take you. Instead, catch a train to Chiang Mai in the far north or Krabi in the south. Or heck, go where the Thais go for holidays too. Another way to do it is to come to Thailand to actually learn something. No, I don’t mean drink beer. I mean actually go and study Thai until you can converse well. Or do a PADI scuba course until you have your license sorted. You know what I mean! By coming to learn you give yourself a reason to be in Thailand. You have a purpose now. And yet another approach is to point your finger at a location on a Thai map and just go there. It may end up being a weird trip, but it also may end up being the best thing you ever did! You won’t know until you give it a try. This is why getting off the beaten track is a good idea. Like I said, it’ll grow you, so make sure you do it.