Never Follow the Guide Books
November 25th 2006 When I came into Thailand on October 1st, I didn't have a clue about anything. I got misled and jerked-around and lost and ripped-off and all of it. Then I came into Bangkok and a girl named Gemma told me to pick up the "backpacker's bible": a highly-regarded travel guide to Southeast Asia that's thicker than a real Bible.
And I still got misled and jerked-around and lost and ripped-off.
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