The Beach (Newspaper article written by a former utopian)

I once discovered utopia. I saw it, I lived it, and I left it. All men and women strive for the perfect life, the perfect place, utopia. But my visit to this place made me realize, that the dream of utopia is unrealistic, and unreachable.

I arrived as many other tourists in Thailand. Bangkok to be exact. I immediately began looking for at hotel room, and I quickly found one. I got a small room, and everything was good. Until ....

Until another guest started talking loudly, and smoking weed in his room. To further explain, the rooms were all separated by a thin wall and a mosquito net. I was able to hear and smell him clearly in my room.

I decided to ignore him, until he looked though the mosquito net straight into my room. He began talking to me about all of these crazy things. After some minutes of conversation, everything settled back down, and i went to sleep.

The next day I went out to get breakfast. When i got back to my room, someone had slit a map under my door. I was really curios and started studying the map. Until I realized who had given me the map. I decided to pay the nuthead from yesterday a visit. I knocked on the door, but the door was not locked, and opened as I knocked on it. I walked in, and I saw him lay beside the bed, dead.

As police investigation began, I began talking to this French couple, Etienne and Francoise. I don’t know why, but I decided to tell them about the map. They were really interested in further investigating the map, so once we got back to the hotel, we immediately began looking at the map. The map showed a part of Thailand and some islands. But the interesting part was a small island with a cross drawn on it. We decided to be unorthodox tourists, and go on an adventure for “the beach”.

Etienne planned the entire trip including train, hotel rooms