Bikes, Buses, Beaches, Billiards and Beer, on a Budget - Nod

I'm a 32 year old West Australian guy from a small country town, who gave up a career, family, friends and a pretty great lifestyle back home, to set forth and explore the world for an undetermined period of time. With Thailand being a fairly easy gateway for a solo traveller and seeing as I am a huge fan of jungles, islands, beaches, adventure and also trying to do it as cheaply as possible, Asia seemed like as good a place as any to get started