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Paradise In Thailand Essay

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Paradise “Paradise was always over there, a day’s sail away. But it’s a funny thing, escapism. You can go far and wide and you can keep moving on and on through places and years, but you never escape your own life. I, finally, knew where my life belonged. Home.”
J. Maarten Troost, Author.
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When I made the move to Thailand, I was 33 years-old and ready for an adventure. After several trips to the country, I was certain I had found paradise. One day I woke up and something clicked. I wanted more out of my life. I wanted to see the world, to start anew, and I wanted to do it my way. Thailand was like no other place I had seen and seemed like the ideal place.
My initial plan was to stay for a year and get to know myself again sans stress. …show more content…

No more than a night in the sack with a sexy stripper means you need to get married.
Cannes is a fantastic place to visit but it is far from paradise and it would be much more difficult to live there than I originally thought, logistically, financially, or otherwise. If I found another destination even more appealing, would I then ask my family to pick up and move again?
What makes Thailand so enticing? Much like Tahiti, Bora Bora, or any other dream destination, it is the illusion of paradise that makes a destination beguiling. Paradise on earth exists for those willing to ignore the failings and imperfections of a particular destination. Crystal-clear beaches, smiling, happy people, sunny days and balmy nights can quickly turn into polluted, overpriced tourist traps.
One day you realize, the sun is no longer shining, it is raining every day, the beach is filthy, and people with snotty attitudes surround you. You realize your version of paradise is not what it used to be.
There is no Utopia, only positives and negatives resting upon a scale. Paradise is where and what you want it to be, and most of the time it lies between the

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