Well, it was not what I was expecting. The last time I stayed in Bangkok it was at a 5 star hotel close to a Sky Train stop. Since then I have stayed in guest houses in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. In both places the guest houses were clean, everyone was friendly, everything was new, and they were very well run. And they were inexpensive, costing under $15./night. The backpacker areas where they were located were clean, friendly, quaint, and inviting. I actually liked the Vietnam guest houses more that I enjoy a nice, but impersonal, hotel. My initial impressions of the Bangkok backpacker district were not good. It should be called the “drunken backpacker” district with litter strewn streets. It was almost 03:00 by the time we arrived at our guest house, the
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