The problem, as you may already have found out, is that as soon as you enter the name of a popular holiday destination into your search engine, you find yourself confronted with endless links to major international websites who spend lots of money getting themselves ranked highly for popular keywords like "Thailand" or "Pattaya". The genuine thai-related sites are in the search engines but finding them can take a lot more of your time than it should.

If you are just looking for some general information on Thailand the following selection of websites will hopefully help. The main english language newspapers are listed along with links to some very good forums which are a great way to get a feel of what is really happening there. The forums are all frequented by lots of expats and regular thailand vistors which make them a mine of information on just about everything you may wish to know from "where's the best place to stay" to who's selling the cheapest beer.

There's also a few hand-picked sites that may amuse or inform.