You have to keep your wits about you in Bangkok, these days.The car is certainly king - as in most of Asia.If you cross the street, you dance your way through lines of charging mopeds and cars.Then there is the crime, which had Sue and me clutching our valuables like we were holding a set of winning lottery tickets every time we ventured outside.And with good case.Three days into our stay in the City of Angels I was reading the Bangkok Post which headlined a tragedy the previous day in which five young people were killed in a single shoot-out and car chase.Two groups of youngsters had been arguing outside a bar when a gun was pulled and shots fired. This was followed by one group chasing the other, guns blazing, in 4x4s through the late-night
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