Bangkok is a city which conjures up images of chaos and confusion with bodies moving in every direction at once, and stinging neon lights beckoning you to drink liquor with bikini-clad lady boys. A place where you can get anything you want and where the strange, wonderful and somtimes disturbing are the norm. We weren't dissapointed. We arrived at 3 o'clock in the morning and headed straight to the main tourist drag called Khao San Road which was still in full flow. The street was full of people swigging cheap Chang beer with scantily clad Thai girls, music was blaring from every bar, the street was lined with market stalls selling clothes and food carts serving up freshly prepared Pad Thai. It was a shock to the senses, the bright lights, the smells and the sounds
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