People in Thailand quite friendly with foreigners, and wasn't hard to find food & accommodation too.

As you can see in Mr.Philip journey : http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?..._id=6565&v=20u
His pictures from Thai MTB forum : http://www.thaimtb.com/forum/viewtop...f=193&t=285695

And for Thailand ,provinces and Indochina.You can buy bilingual language's maps from PN MAP(maps company in Thailand.)