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OLD TOWN
Uncle Tim: The cocktail bar inside a drugstore-turned-hotel serving hip, Chinese herb-infused cocktails
Bangkok’s old town has never been so hip to hang out in, day or night, as it is now. And just recently, the neighborhood greeted a new bar that builds its cocktails around...
Soi Song Wat Food Guide: Where to eat & drink on this charming, historic Chinatown street
Soi Song Wat, a historic road in the capital’s old town, is also a lesser-known hidden gem great for foodies and arts and culture fiends. The road’s name, which literally...
China’s famed terracotta warriors march into Bangkok for 1st time
A platoon of iconic clay soldiers which guarded the tomb of China’s first emperor for over 2,000 years will invade Bangkok on Friday. For three months, four rooms inside the...
Chinese-themed craft beer bar opens in old town, across famed Pad Thai Pratu Phi and Jay Fai’s
Bangkok’s bar scene is growing and glowing. A shophouse in the city’s old town adorned with a neon-lit logo and a red glow emanating from within opened its doors last week,...
Coco Food Guide to the Wat Mangkon area: Where to eat and drink near the new MRT station
Traveling to one of the city’s great street food spots just got easier, thanks to the newly opened MRT Blue Line extension that includes MRT Wat Mangkon, Sam Yot, Sanam...
Bangkok to remake blighted canal into bucolic, prostitute-free British countryside (Interactive)
An old-quarter canal teeming with street prostitutes will be remade in the likeness of pastoral British countryside at the wish of the junta leader and prime minister-select....
Waste Not: This Bangkok cafe is all about zero-waste
Situated inside a century-old building in Bangkok’s old town lies a cafe that serves a good cup of coffee and healthy drinks under a zero-waste mandate. Na Cafe has become a new...
Bangkok to make a spectacle with sparkly light and sound show at Sanam Luang
A free light and sound extravaganza will play out for six evenings in Bangkok’s old quarter starting tomorrow. Tens of thousands of colorful lights and a “spectacular” show...
Big Clean: Small army scours Bangkok streets for coronation
Thousands of government workers and volunteers set out to scrub Bangkok into a shine in preparation for next month’s coronation of His Majesty the King. About 5,800 people...
‘Sacred water’ from all provinces sanctified for coronation
Eighty-six vases of water collected from every province in the kingdom and consecrated at a Bangkok temple last night were to be taken to Wat Phra Kaew today in preparation of His...
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Silom / Bang Rak
This riverside neighborhood offers far more than meets the eye Decades ago,...
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Phrom Phong
From high-end malls to secondhand bookstores, Phrom Phong is the center of life...
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Nonthaburi
Many music legends have performed at Nonthaburi’s IMPACT arena, the most...
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