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Bangkok is one of the worlds greatest cities and a leading tourist destination, visited by millions each year. But it can be a bewildering place also. First-time visitors, not knowing what to expect, encounter endless boulevards connected by a vast maze of tiny side streets. A stroll down any of these lanes can reveal fascinating surprisesbeautiful palaces and mansions, shophouses and shrines, restaurants and markets. But how to find your way through the maze?
22 Walks in Bangkok helps you discover hidden gems found throughout the city by presenting each neighborhood as a distinct villageexplaining how it evolved, and describing its historic landmarks in detail. Author Ken Barrett is a long-time Bangkok resident and experienced journalist, and he introduces the important temples, churches, shrines and mosques in loving detail, sketching their history and distinctive features. The reader is skillfully guided through the old neighborhoods of Bangkok from the center to the periphery, along narrow lanes and byways rarely seen by foreigners.
22 Walks in Bangkok leads the visitor on a unique journey of discovery and enables you to appreciate this fascinating city in new and exciting ways.
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART I:
WALK 1 WONG WIAN YAI
WALK 2 BANGKOK YAI
WALK 3 BANGKOK NOI
PART II:
WALK 4 RATTANAKOSIN INNER ISLAND 1
WALK 5 RATTANAKOSIN INNER ISLAND 2
WALK 6 RATTANAKOSIN INNER ISLAND 3
WALK 7 NORTHERN OUTER RATTANAKOSIN
WALK 8 EAST OUTER RATTANAKOSIN 1
WALK 9 EAST OUTER RATTANAKOSIN 2
WALK 10 SOUTH OUTER RATTANAKOSIN
WALK 11 NORTH OUTER CITY
WALK 12 DUSIT
WALK 13 CHINATOWN 1
WALK 14 CHINATOWN 2
WALK 15 CHINATOWN 3
WALK 16 THE EUROPEAN DISTRICT 1
WALK 17 THE EUROPEAN DISTRICT 2
WALK 18 BANGRAK
WALK 19 RAMA III ROAD AND BANG KRACHAO
WALK 20 PATHUM WAN 1
WALK 21 PATHUM WAN 2
WALK 22 PATHUM WAN 3
Index
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INDEX
A
Abhisek Dusit Throne Hall 183
Allegri, Carlo 177, 179, 182, 185
Amphon Throne Hall, Dusit 173
Amphorn Satharn Villa 176
Ananda Mahidol 118
Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall 180, 181
Angkor Wat 13, 196
Annunciation Convent 238
Art Deco, Thai 284
Assumption Cathedral 236
Assumption Printing Press 238
aviation 298299
Ayutthaya 11, 13, 14, 15, 44, 85, 138, 289
B
Baan Chao Phraya 110
Baan Maliwan 111
Baan Phra Arthit 110
Bailey, Henry Victor 310
Bamrung Muang 132
Ban Baat 140, 141
Ban Bu 73, 74
Ban Chang Lo 71
Ban Dok Mai 141, 143
Ban Khmer 171, 172
Ban Krua 287
Ban Lao 51, 131
Ban Moh 147, 148
Ban Portugal 171
Ban Tanao 116
Ban Yuen 160, 172
Bang Kolaem 242
Bang Krachao 265279
Bang Lamphu House 163
Bang Pa-In 102
Bang Sai Gai 51
Bang Sue 76
Bang Yi Rua 29, 30
Bangkok Dry Dock 241
Bangkok Hilton 144
Bangkok Ladies Library Association 254
Bangkok Library Association 254
Bangkok Noi 5379
Bangkok Nursing Home 261
Bangkok Waterworks 143
Bangkok Yai 3252
Bang Krachao 273279
Bangrak 246264
banks
Siam Commercial Bank 92, 206
Bank of Thailand 185
Bangkok Bank 265
betel palm nut 27
Bhumibol Adulyadej, King 39, 114, 121, 210
bikkhuni (female monks) 136
Borneo Company 258, 259
Bowring Treaty 114, 124, 194, 200, 222, 247
Bradley, Dr Dan Beach 238, 260, 267
bridges
Chang Rong Si Bridge 99
Charoen Rat 31 Bridge 98
Charoen Rat 34
Elephant Head Bridge 292
Hok Bridge 99
Krung Thep Bridge 245, 269, 270
Mahadthai Uthit Bridge 140
Memorial Bridge 23, 4142, 44, 46, 142, 149, 151, 153, 221
Phan Fa Lilat Bridge 190
Pokklao Bridge 150
Rama III Bridge 266
Rama VI Bridge 22, 76
Saphan Dam (Black Bridge) 144
Saphan Han 194, 195
Saphan Mon (Mon Bridge) 99, 147
British Embassy 311
BTS Skytrain 23
Buddhas
Emerald Buddha 60, 88, 196
Gold Buddha 213
Reclining Buddha 97
Phra Bang Buddha 196
Buddhism 10
Bung Ying Rua 29
Bunnag family 40, 44
Burma 11
Butterworth, William Colonel 243
C
canals 18
Bang Ramat 13
Bang Sai Gai 24, 27
Bang Waek 27
Bangkok Noi 13, 22, 23, 221
Bangkok Yai 13, 31, 221
Chong Nonsi 265, 272
Hua Lampong 247, 273, 314
Klong Lat Pho 273
Padung Krung Kasem 283
Saen Saeb 293, 306
Taling Chan 13
Captain Bush Lane 223, 224, 228, 259
Chai Setthathirat, King 88
Chakrabandhu, Prince 100
Chakrabongse House 96
Chakrabongse, Prince 96
Chakrapadibhongse, Prince 55
Chakri dynasty 18, 22, 41, 59
Chakri, General 60
Chalerm Krung Royal Theatre 161
Chao Mae Tuptim 309
Chao Phaya Ramarakop 182
Chao Phraya Bodindecha 196
Chao Phraya Chakri 88, 196
Chao Phraya Maha Chakri 17, 18
Chao Phraya River 9, 10, 12, 22, 31, 75, 145, 274, 275
Chao Phraya Surawong Wattanasak 248
Chao Phraya Sutham Montri 125
Chao Sua Son 204
Charoen Krung Road 32
Chedi Phu Khao Thong 138
Chiang Mai 15
Chiang Rai 87
China 11, 191
Chinatown 42, 46, 191218
Chinese immigration 199200
Chinese secret societies 200
Chini, Galileo 180
Chuan Leekpai 51
Chuang Bunnag 89
Chulalongkorn, King 100, 103, 139, 223, 224, 300, 301
churches
Holy Redeemer Church 311
Holy Rosary Church 46, 206
Kudi Cheen (Chinese Church) 4546
Samray Church 267, 268
St Francis Xavier Church 172
Christ Church 259
The Church of Immaculate Conception 170
Thonburi Full Gospel Church 33
Santa Cruz 45, 75, 207
Conception 170
St Francis Xavier Church 172
Christ Church 259
Samray Church 267, 268
Holy Redeemer Church 311
clubs
British Club 255
Book Club, the 206, 256
Royal Bangkok Sports Club 298, 299, 300, 305, 308
Royal Bangkok Polo Club 299
colleges
Assumption College 238
Poh Chang College 157
Maha Makut Royal College 116
colonial Bangkok 222
colonial powers 300
Constantine Phaulkon 14
Crawfurd, John 219, 221
Customs House, The 228, 229
D
democracy 118, 119
deputy king, role of 88
Devawongse Varophakarn, Prince 185
Dit Bunnag 38, 43, 45, 89, 124
Don Muang 299
Duriyapraneet Foundation 164
Dusit 175190
Dusit Thani 188, 189, 257
Dusit Zoo 185
Dussehra festival 253
E
East Asiatic Company 234
East Outer Rattanakosin 123144
Ekatosarot, King 56
Ekkathat, King 15, 16
European District 219245
European powers 14, 104
F
Feroci, Corrado 25, 71, 93, 150, 178, 183, 189, 305
first taxi service 308
floating market 278
forts 34
Mahakan Fort 119, 140, 293
Phlaeng Faifa 274, 275
Phra Chulachomklao Fort 221
Phra Sumen Fort 106, 107, 163
Puchao Saming Phrai 275
Wang Burapha 158
Wichaiprasit Fort 13, 53, 55, 58, 63, 97
Foundation of the Church of Christ 260
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