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The best street food in Bangkok The sizzle hits my ears at the same time as the aroma reaches my nostrils. In the little stall on the side of the road, tonight’s dinner is being cooked. Bangkok’s street food is famous – and for good reason. But it can be confronting for a foreigner. All ...

Wat Pho, Bangkok, Thailand As far as sights go in Bangkok, one of the most important is Wat Pho. The temple complex is one of the oldest and largest in the city and is worth including in any first-time visit to the Bangkok. To make it easy for the time-strapped, it’s right next to the ...

Yodpiman Flower Market, Bangkok In Bangkok, the markets provide some of the most interesting sights. There’s a vibrancy to the bustle of the locals rushing through, past the small crowded stalls. Through the whole city, none is more vibrant than the flower markets. By the very nature of the wares, it’s all about colour. Throw ...

I’d like you to meet Chai Yo. The 19 year-old grew up surrounded by drugs, gangs and poverty in Klong Toey, Bangkok’s largest slum. It’s home to about 100,000 people, all crammed together in a pile of ramshackle constructions near the city’s main port. “I didn’t really have any opportunities,” he tells me. “I wasn’t ...

Bangkok, Thailand You never do Bangkok. Bangkok always does you. In the maze of crowded alley markets, the cacophony of traffic and the fireworks of seedy nightlife neon signs, is a hedonist’s fantasy. Bangkok embraces you, acts like it loves you, then ejaculates all over you in a fluid mix of ecstasy and shame. Sitting ...

Do you remember that scene early on in The Beach? You know, the one where Richard is in a dingy room of a backpacker hostel in Bangkok? (By ‘Richard’, I mean ‘Leonardo DiCaprio’, for those who are more familiar with the critically-panned but cultishly-adored movie than the amazing Alex Garland novel.) It’s a room that ...

Venice, it is not. Gondolas, they are not. Scenic imagery and romantic subtext, it doesn’t even come close. Welcome to the canals of Bangkok. For anyone who has been to Bangkok, you’ll know how bad the traffic can be. For anyone who hasn’t, imagine a carpark. Then imagine a few tuk tuks in that carpark. ...