Then onto Bangkok. This is a mad place. Very hot and humid talking up in the early 90's with a 90% humidity. To top it all off the pollution you can taste. Lots of wonderful temples fighting for space amongst the urban sprawl. People selling all sorts of stuff on every street, from wierd food and fake designer clothes and watches, to stuff they've pulled out the garbage. Real east meets west stuff, but no matter how poor and unfortunate some of these people may seem they are so friendly and welcoming. Also visited the infamous Patpong Rd. Where guys try to lure westerners in to view one of the many shows that occurs. One guy seemed most perplexed that my wife wasn't interested in seeing a show involving bananas and ping pong balls. An experience indeed!

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