Bangkok, Thailand>, May 25, 2005
I’ve been here a few times now, but I wouldn’t mind skipping out. I find Bangkok to be very repetitive. It’s big, dirty, and over-populated like other equivalent cities, but there is a lot of entertainment venues to keep you distracted. There’s also, of course, a very big part of its tourist market that is set aside for the sex trade. Guys, girls, something in between–there is something for everyone here. The touts from the vendors setting up along Silom road at the night market are annoying, but I usually buy some little tourist knickknack for friends back home. There are some big malls for quieter and cooler-temperature shopping, but I wouldn’t rate them among the best malls I’ve been to. It’s odd though–when I am in Bangkok, I don’t like it. But after I leave, I get the feeling that I want to come back again!