Bangkok The Rough Guide

by Gray, Paul; Ridout, Lucy

• ISBN13: 9781858283456
• ISBN10: 1858283450
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

Provides information on sights in the city and includes reviews of accommodations, restaurants, shops, and clubs

Table of Contents

Introduction	viii
Basics	1	(30)
Getting there from Britain and Ireland	3	(11)
from North America	6	(4)
from Australia and New Zealand	10	(4)
Overland routes from southeast Asia	14	(3)
Red tape and visas	17	(2)
Health	19	(3)
Money, banks and costs	22	(2)
Opening hours and festivals	24	(3)
Cultural hints	27	(4)
The Guide	31	(102)
1 Introducing the city	33	(20)
2 Ratanakosin	53	(26)
3 Around Democracy Monument	79	(9)
4 Chinatown and Pahurat	88	(8)
5 Thonburi	96	(7)
6 Dusit	103	(5)
7 Downtown Bangkok	108	(15)
8 Chatuchak and the outskirts	123	(10)
Listings	133	(94)
9 Accommodation	135	(25)
10 Eating	160	(24)
11 Nightlife	184	(11)
12 Gay Bangkok	195	(5)
13 Entertainment	200	(6)
14 Shopping	206	(11)
15 Kids' Bangkok	217	(3)
16 Directory	220	(7)
Excursions from Bangkok	227	(32)
Bang Pa-In	229	(4)
Ayutthaya	233	(12)
Nakhon Pathom	245	(3)
Damnoen Saduak floating markets	248	(3)
Kanchanaburi and the River Kwai	251	(8)
Contexts	259	(50)
The historical framework	261	(17)
Religion: Thai Buddhism	278	(6)
Art and architecture	284	(9)
Books	293	(4)
Language	297	(9)
Glossary	306	(3)
Index	309