Ko Phi Phi
“ ‘You give them history, temples, pagodas, traditional dance, floating markets, seafood curry, tapioca desserts, silk-weaving cooperatives, but all they really want is to ride some hulking grey beast like a bunch of wildmen and to pant over girls and lie there half-dead getting skin cancer on the beach during the time between.’ ” Sightseeing, Rattawut Lapcharoensap
Bangkok
“…and the Grand Palace at large with its throne halls and offices, its pavilions and chedis and giants, with the Emerald Buddha presiding in the royal chapel and the Guardian Spirit of Bangkok, standing watch just outside its walls…”
Four Reigns, Kukrit Pramoj
