The final time I went to Thailand, I did one thing daring. No, not eating ants, boxing with ladyboys, or getting low-cost plastic surgery. I went with no guidebook. No Lonely Planet, no Rough guide, not even a skimpy Fodor’s or Let’s Go. Instead, I trusted my fate to the World Wide Web. The outcome was very almost a catastrophe.
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