Thailand

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Running Riot in Bangkok

Arriving in Bangkok to find thousands of backpackers crammed into Khao San Road, I’m soon bursting on strong beer in the company of “ladyboys” and the full cross-section of budget travellers. Accidently holding up the King’s motorcade, I visit a Vagina Circus, Buddhist temples and every shopper’s heaven before catching the night train for Chiang Mai and a pyromaniac’s festival of flying lanterns.

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Phuk’et in Package Tourist Hell

One night you’re out disco bowling in Laos, the next you’re on a night bus to Bangkok, and the next you’re in package tour hell. Mix in ladyboy hookers, obnoxious rednecks, rip-off superstores, sticky, misbehaving weather and locals taking advantage of a tragedy. However you pronounce Phuket, it all spells the same thing - a place I really did not want to be for very long.

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Northern Thailand and the Slowboat Down the Mekong

A knockout Thai kickboxing match precedes a jungle expedition to reiki an elephant, ride an ox, unnerve Hill Tribes and suffer temple fatigue. Crossing the border into Laos, I embark on one of Asia’s grand adventures, spending two days on an ass-numbing slow boat, fighting rats, opium, blackouts, and the sweet lullabye of a pig slaughter. As always, the magic of travel makes it all worthwhile.

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Eat, Sleep, Play

Thailand is a budget traveler’s dream; cheap food, cheap transport, cheap hotels, cheap booze, cheap massages, and with all these drunk Brits from Essex about, cheap sex (although you’ll hate yourself in the morning). read more

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