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Lonely Planet Bangkok | 
 enlarge | Authors: Joe Cummings, China Williams
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Category: Book
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 330638
Media: Paperback
Edition: 6th Rev
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 296
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.8
ISBN: 1740594606
Dewey Decimal Number: 915
EAN: 9781740594608
ASIN: 1740594606
Publication Date: September 1, 2004
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Weave through buddhas, flowers and roosters at Chatuchak Weekend Market, enjoy a tuk-tuk ride and visit the Oriental Hotel where literati have been inspired. Take a canal taxi past teak houses on stilts, experience the splendid Grand Palace and indulge in a steaming bowl of tom yam. Whatever your Thai temptation, this smart, stylish and streetwise guide will satisfy them all. SHOP TILL YOU DROP in bustling market stalls or gleaming shopping malls - you'll get the inside word on the city's best bargains
HIT THE TOWN with sexy cocktails at Bangkok's most elegant bars or work up a sweat in the hottest hi-tech clubs
SLEEP TIGHT in the ultimate luxury hotels or budget guesthouses - there's a price to suit every hip pocket
TICKLE YOUR TASTEBUDS with one of the world's tastiest menus, whether it be streetside noodles or stomach-stretching banquets
ESCAPE the big city bustle with excursions to Ayuthaya, Kanchanaburi and nearby beach retreats
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 Helped a lot during my trip to Bangkok September 17, 2007
I took this book everywhere I went. It gives you a great perspective on the things you will find, things to look out for, and a great guide on how to get to the places you want to go.
I went on business to Bangkok, and during the 3 days that I had to go around, this book helped me find those things that mattered most.
I think it is a great read for anyone who is planning to go to amazing Bangkok and it is a must when travelling around in the city. Lonely Planet books are seriously great!
 Still perhaps the best basic guidebook.... January 18, 2007
As a frequent visitor to Thailand I recently used this latest guide for Bangkok from Joe Cummings (plus his assistants) and found it to be more than adequate. If anything, I would personally like more hotel recommendations for each area of this city, those one could call "a find". I found some on my own by walking the area I stayed in and moved to one of them as Joe was too kind in the description of hotel I first stayed in.
Be sure to call about open times for restaurants as two I went to were closed earlier than was given in the guide (no fault of Joe's I'm sure).
Good, but second best March 18, 2005
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I was fortunate enough to spend a month in Bangkok and bought both the Lonely Planet and the Moon Guides. I generally read both books before I went anywhere, so I can fairly compare them.
The Lonely Planet guide was always worth reading -- it often added something I didn't find in the Moon guide. The highly detailed map in the back of the book was also quite worthwhile. However, if I had to have just one book, it would have been the Moon guide by Carl Parkes.
Carl's explanations always seemed a little bit richer, and a little bit more in touch. His introduction to the Thai language left me much better equipped to try my hand, and his culture and language sections also stood out. The overall impression, true or not, is that Carl has a deeper understanding and familiarlity with the Thais and Bangkok than Joe. But to be fair, I was happy with both books, and happier still that I had brought both with me.
Its too bad that the Moon guide is harder to find than Lonely Planet's .... but I definitely recommend it.
Where would you buy it? October 13, 2004
2 out of 11 found this review helpful
Amazon.com says this book will be published on March 2005. But try to go to Lonely Planet's online shop, then you can see that it has been published on Sep. 2004. Next, bn.com says it's been publised on March 2004. I don't know which is right. But I'm sure that this book came out already.
I gave 5 stars, however, because I knows LP is a great series at least.
 A bit disappointing September 11, 2003
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Compared to LP London and LP Paris I read and have been early this year, I'm a bit disppointed with LP Bangkok. Although it has an amazing section on food/noodles, I'm rather disappointed that the book does not clearly direct and describe to readers how to get to the places/famous spots it suggested!!!! Also the book does not include a map on the Bangkok transit system - making public transit commuting difficult!!!
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