not too much advice seeing as how I've never been myself, but I was planning a trip for myself and did quite some extensive research, some of which involved talking to an older couple who had travelled virtually everywhere, including Thailand a number of times. Their best advice was to get the Lonely Planets guide to Thailand and follow much of what it says. It will give you info about the safe/non-safe places to go and also good ideas for cheap places to stay (although practically everything in Thailand is cheap, lol). I've talked to lots of Canadians who have travelled there and their stories have been of nothing but good experiences. Both Malaysia and Singapore are very safe as well. My old boss was from Malaysia and he highly reccomended it as a place I should visit. Here's hoping that helped a bit, and let us know how everything works out. And keep a journal, so you can fill us in extensively when you get back
