There's a good book called "Hello Shadowlands" which reports from a lot of the places tourists should never be (not strictly Thailand but also Myanmar, etc.) I have it so if you're interested I can up it.

Yes please. I think I need to review what I have seen in Thailand myself 20 odd years ago. I recall my friends wife was always riding her motorbike with a rifle slung over shoulder and people were murdered for ridiculously low amount of money.