The Beach Daniel Yergin Four years back on the

Four years back on the island have wrought some heart-rending changes

understanding

life in the grave

which symbolizes hard work

bureaucratic legacy

The Beach Daniel Yergin Four years back on theThe 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