"Secret" beaches etc...

Funny this one, from the Lonely Planet forums: "...and on top of that, you want us to tell you secret places that are not in the books. Well, let me burst that bubble right away: there are no secret places that are kept out of the guidebooks deliberately by the locals..."

http://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/thread.jspa?messageID=14737830&t...

I do think that, on occasion, travel writers will leave out a place. But I don't think it happens much. The best way to find good places is to listen to the word on the street once you're in a country, anyway. Or to go where no man has gone before, yourself, I suppose :)

By Peter (Moderator) on Sep 23, 2008, 06:05 in Thailand forum.

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