The Beach Condition:Well Read Have you ever wondered why

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The Beach Condition:Well Read Have you ever wondered whyThe Khao San Road, Bangkokfirst stop on the backpacker trail. On Richard's first night there a fellow traveller slits his wrists, leaving Richard a map to "the Beach". The Beach is a legend among young travellers in Asia: white as sands circling a lagoon hidden from the sea, coral gardens and freshwater falls surrounded by jungle. In this earthly paradise, it is rumoured, a select community lives in blissful innocence. For Richard, haunted by the