Bangkok is A Paradise

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Bangkok is A Paradise

Bangkok is more than Southeast Asia's city of sin.

Caleb Quinley, 25, spent almost his entire life in Bangkok. It's a city most people think of as Southeast Asia's Sin City, but for Quinley it's more than that. Bangkok is a complicated place, he says. On one hand, it's a city soaked in neon and lust. On the other, it's a vibrant, breathtaking place of surprising beauty and startling humanity.

"The city is hectic when you first come here," Quinleysays. "There's a lot more going on than what your average visitor tends to see. However when you embrace the place for what it is, in all its grit—honest, paradoxical, developing in many ways—images start to present themselves everywhere. Beautiful images."

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Caleb Quinley is a freelance journalist based in Bangkok. Follow him at @calebquinley.