The actual Thai name for Bangkok is a ridiculously long one, but shortened to Krung Thep, Thai for "The City of Angels" The City of Demons would be more appropriate. Now don't get me wrong, Bangkok is fun. Khao San Rd, the infamous backpackers district is cheap, fast, loud, dirty, crowded, bustling and full of beautiful people stopping through on their way to whatever direction they may be going. Sarah, a wonderful Swedish girl we'd been travelling with for a week said on the night train on the way to Bangkok that we would definitely run into somebody we knew on Khao San. I didn't believe her, I thought about all the people I'd met and thought I knew most of them were in other places right now. Then we arrived and I've spent the last
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