| Â | | | | roads like the Sukhumvit Road which includes |
| Bangkok is the capital, largest urban area and | | | | high-rise business buildings, apartments, and |
| primate city of Thailand. The city's mix of Thai, | | | | shopping malls, Sukhumvit Road is where many |
| Chinese, Indian, Buddhist, Muslim and Western | | | | foreigners like to come shopping. Bangkok is |
| culture combined with the driving force of the | | | | Thailand's major tourist gateway, which means |
| Thai economy makes it gradually more | | | | that the majority of foreign tourists arrive in |
| nice-looking to foreigners both for business and | | | | Bangkok. The city boasts some of the country's |
| happiness and has made the city the world's top | | | | most visited chronological venues such as the |
| tourist objective. A river journey in Bangkok | | | | Grand Palace, Wat Pho, and Wat Arun. There are |
| provides a very different viewpoint of life in the | | | | numerous projects to maintain Bangkok's |
| city on the banks of the Chao Phraya River, an | | | | momentous sites in the Rattanakosin area and |
| aspect you can't get from the usual Bangkok city | | | | river districts. Wat Pho, which houses the Temple |
| tour. | | | | of the Reclining Buddha or Wat Phra Chetuphon, is |
| Bangkok's nightlife has a status for life form | | | | located behind the Temple of the Emerald Buddha |
| natural and noisy. But at the same time it's | | | | in the Grand Palace. Thailand has a variety of |
| comfortable, secure, agreeable and great fun! | | | | shopping experiences from street markets to |
| Quickly establishing itself as Asia's capital of cool, | | | | world class luxury malls. |
| Bangkok's miscellaneous nightlife panorama facial | | | | Tourists have in times gone by always preferred |
| appearance everything from excellent live music | | | | markets to the other forms of shopping. The |
| and good jazz clubs to ultra cool bars, trendy | | | | Chatuchak weekend market is one of the largest |
| clubs and great restaurants - and goes far | | | | shopping destinations in Bangkok. Bangkok offers |
| beyond its once-upon-a-time seedy and | | | | a widely varied nightlife. Like nearby Pattaya, the |
| mischievous image. The traveler can find Bangkok | | | | city is notorious for some concentrations of |
| by night as a careless place to relax with a drink, | | | | massage parlous, go-go bars and karaoke places, |
| enjoy a straight dinner while listening to a live jazz | | | | with Pat pong, Soi Cowboy and Nana Plaza being |
| performance, take a dinner cruise on a traditional | | | | the main areas catering to male tourists. This has |
| teak rice barge down the Chao Phraya river in | | | | led Bangkok to be called 'The World's Biggest |
| the moonlight or enjoy a conventional dance | | | | Whorehouse'. Millions of people from all corners |
| presentation at the Patravadi Theatre, where | | | | visit Thailand every year to enjoy its nightlife, |
| conventional and fashionable theatre elements are | | | | which led to the growth of new hotels clubs and |
| included into something quite unique and Thai. | | | | bars. In many nightclubs in Bangkok, you will see |
| Bangkok is known for its large green sections | | | | dance very sensual. Nightclubs, nightclubs, taverns |
| within the city centre, including the large forest | | | | and offer customers all sorts of alcoholic |
| park between Yannawa and Samut Prakan. The | | | | beverages. A section keen for the Pat pong |
| Stock Exchange of Thailand is located in Bangkok | | | | nightlife is, in most of this district, you can also |
| with over 500 listed companies. | | | | visit the interesting Nana Plaza. |
| Bangkok also includes many shopping and business | | | | |