Dan Eldridge is currently in Thailand researching for the South East Asia on a Shoestring guidebook. He reports in from Bangkok…
It’s late in the afternoon on a boiling hot day in Bangkok. I’m riding aboard one of the city’s ubiquitous ferry taxis, and floating south along the massive Chao Phraya River. But even with the cool bursts of wind and the occasional droplets of water that spray through the boat’s open window, my body is still coated with sweat.
I’m a travel journalist, and a few months back, Lonely Planet offered me an assignment: I was to spend six weeks exploring Thailand for an update of LP’s Southeast Asia on a Shoestring. Sounds like a dream job, doesn’t it? But right now, as I’m heading towards the centre of town to investigate yet another series of guesthouses, restaurants and cafés, I don’t feel like I’m in a dream at all. Thanks […]
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