[Inenuedbabnor]

Just going back to what Siamjai said.

I certainly don't agree with a lot of what the Lonely Planet states and in fact some of the stuff they write is actually false information. ie; they say that you stand up for the national anthem at the cinema (wrong; it's the king's anthem) and one other thing from the back of my head is that 'Thais don't give tips!

Then i wouldn't agree entirely that intellectual Thais would choose English language newspapers over Thai publications. It really depends on what you like to read about. There are times when i get a better read from a Thai paper than the English language. What im saying is that...say, the Bangkok Post writes up lots of stories on say elections in Costa Rica or riots in Uganda or sports news on Chiang Mai Cricket Sixes. ie. a lot of stuff that doesn't interest me.

Then, the Thai Raj paper say has stories mostly about Thailand that do interest me but gets very little write up in the Bangkok Post.

Just last week, i'll give you two examples, when i chose the Thai Raj instead of the BKK Post. One was the story about Wanchalerm Yoobumrung getting himself into a pub fight again when in fact he is banned from 'going out' at night. Then, one story that has been going on for years and that is of Hangthong Thammawattana and his mysterious death. Interesting stuff.

Beats having to read about strikes in Finland.