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Bangkok The City With Many Faces
he City of Angels
by Western standards, especially
for locally produced items such
Bangkok, (in Thai, 'Krung as clothes, although bargaining
Thep', meaning 'city of angels'), is expected and required. Dump a
is the capital and largest city teenager in MBK with a few
of Thailand with population of thousand baht and they'll stay
over 10 million. The city is occupied for the rest of the
located on the east bank of the week!
Chao Phraya River, near the Gulf
of Thailand. Bangkok is located A major attraction on weekends is
at 13°45' N 100°31' E. the gigantic Chatuchak Weekend
Market, in northern Bangkok but
Bangkok is one of the easily accessible by Skytrain and
fastest-growing, most Metro. Slightly more manageable
economically dynamic cities in in size and open nightly is the
Southeast Asia. It is one of Suan Lum Night Bazaar, covered in
regional centers rivaling the Silom section.
Singapore and Hong Kong. The
World Meteorological Organization The City That Never Sleeps
has dubbed Bangkok the world's
hottest city. It is also one of Bangkok's nightlife is notorious,
the world's most popular tourist although recent social order
destinations. campaigns have put a bit of a
clamp on things: in particularly,
The Shopping Paradise nearly all restaurants, bars and
clubs are now forced to close
Bangkok is full of shopping malls before 1 AM, a few are allowed to
and street markets of all types, stay open till 2 AM. You must
especially in the Sukhumvit area. carry your passport for ID checks
Prices can be ludicrously cheap and police occasionally raid
bars, subjecting all customers to tastes. For a drink with a view,
drug tests. the open-air rooftop
bar/restaurants of Vertigo and
After 1 AM closing it is still Sirocco are particularly
possible to eat and drink at the impressive. Similar bars to the
sidewalk bars that open up. This ones at Patpong can be found in
is the Bangkok version of the lower Sukhumvit area, at Nana
sidewalk dining with food and Entertainment Plaza (soi 4) and
drink served all night. Available Soi Cowboy (soi 23). A large
in many areas but especially in number of more trendy and more
lower Sukhumvit. expensive bars and nightclubs can
be found in the higher sois of
Bangkok's main party district is Sukhumvit as well (eg soi 33).
Silom, home not only to perhaps Hippie hangout Khao San Road is
the world's most famous go-go bar also slowly gentrifying and there
strip Patpong, but plenty of more are even some Thais venturing
(and less) legitimate into what were once mere
establishments catering to all backpacker bars.
About the Author:
Witit Sujjapong is the webmaster of http://www.thaiphile.com, the website specialized in things Thai.
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