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Bangkok isn’t charming. Or quaint. Or cute. Tree-lined boulevards and outdoor cafes translate to busted-up sidewalks and streetfood stands with red plastic chairs. But yet, JR and I are both border-line obsessed with this city.

Its a city “trying” to shed its image for debauchery, that has an inferiority complex. Perhaps some of the best malls, cinemas, restuarants, and hotels in the world–through the grit and the dirty underbelly lies some serious glam.

During our six months we met so many great people, made a few really good friends and spent our free time discovering the nooks and crannies where the charm of BKK exists. I can’t imagine how I’ll survive without som tom, Longcheu’s bean curd or mango sticky rice…but I guess I’ll manage. And part of the fun of living in Bangkok is complaining about it. Its a national pasttime-bitching-about traffic, pollution, corruption, the fat white male sex tourists, etc. Its kind of fun, everyone reveling in misery together. It creates a sense of solidarity.

Leaving Bangkok to continue on traveling was not easy. Typically the days leading up to a big trip I feel like an eight-year old on Christmas Eve; but prying myself out of this city was a chore.

We might be back.

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