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Population: 10 million

Currency: Thai Baht, 1 Baht = 100 satang

Opening hours: Shops are generally open Mon–Sat 8am to 8pm. Banks are generally open Mon–Fri 9.30am to 3.30pm except on public and bank holidays.

Internet: www.sawadee.com www.tat.or.th www.bangkoktonight.com

Newspapers: Bangkok Post Thai Rath The Nation Daily News

Emergency numbers: Tourist Police: 1155, 1699 Police, Ambulance: 191 Fire: 199 Tourist Assistance Center: 0-2281-5051/0-2282-8129

Tourist information: BANGKOK Tourism Authority of TAT Address : 1600 New Phetburi Road, Makkasan, A visit to this fascinating, vibrant and cosmopolitan city is a Rajatevee must when in Thailand. Bangkok will welcome you with Tel: +66 (0)2250 5500 Open Monday to Friday 8.30am to 4.30pm. gleaming skyscrapers as well as historical temples and Closed on weekends and public holidays. www.tourismthailand.org luxury hotels. The past, present and future are harmonious intertwined. Visit the floating markets, ride the famous tuk-tuks, explore some of the city’s nightlife, experience the excitement of a Muay Thai boxing match or go bargain shopping. Bangkok caters to all your tastes and certainly personifies the country’s slogan “Amazing Thailand”. a good idea comes along once in a while. make it great.

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THE CITY not be missed. The influence of the past is not limited to major monuments and it continues to colour daily life. Files of robbed monks making their early morning merit rounds, present a scene seemingly unaltered in time.

DO & SEE

Bangkok is the Orient’s most cosmopolitan city and has attractions to stimulate even the most experienced travellers. Created as the Thai capital in 1782 by the first monarch of the present , Bangkok is a national treasure house and Thailand’s spiritual, cultural, political, commercial, educational and diplomatic centre. Bangkok as a city is absolutely brimming The city has 50 districts and has grown to with fresh and amazing attractions both span over six provinces. The main business cultural and entertaining to much to pack districts and residential areas are ever into a guide of this size but most all of expanding. The them are worth seeing. Below are a few of alongside Dusit is where most the best attractions in Bangkok. governmental agencies and ministries head their offices as well as the most famous tourist attractions, such as Grand Palace, This is an absolute must. The Grand Palace , , is an outstanding architectural and other venues. achievement; it is also home to the Bangkok, Thailand’s major gateway, casts infamous Emerald Buddha, which is the an irresistible spell of enchantment. To the most revered Buddha image in Thailand. Thais it is Krung Thep, “City of Angels”, Go early in the morning to avoid the major and you will find it is a truly magic place. crowds, it will still be busy but getting Joyfully exuberant, Bangkok embraces there around 9.00 will give you a little modern development and presents a more space. Do not wear shorts when you picture of rising office towers, world-class visit (it is considered rude). To get there, hotels and shopping malls packed with you can either take a taxi, or the Sky train treasures of the East; like silks and to Sapan Thaksin. Walk down to the pier gemstones. And yet amidst all this and take the daily ferry. Bangkok still manages to preserve its Address: Na Phra Lan Road, near Sanam Luang Phone: +66 (0)2 222 0094 cultural heritage to an amazing degree. The rich splendour of the Grand Palace, the Pho Temple of the Emerald Buddha, the Temple The Temples of the Reclining Buddha, is of the Dawn, and other historic shrines can directly adjacent to the Grand Palace. It

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houses more than 1000 Buddha images Samutprakarn Crocodile Farm & Zoo and the largest single Buddha image; 46m The Crocodile Farm is 33 kilometres away long and 15m high, decorated with gold from Bangkok and is the world’s largest plating and mother of pearl in its eyes and crocodile farm. The place is enormous with soles of its feet. over 60,000 fresh and seawater crocodiles

Address: and Maharaj road to see. Watch the feeding of the crocodiles Phone: +66 (0)2 225 9595 - a show is held every hour. The farm also Internet: watpho.com houses other creatures such as snakes, Khon Masked Dance gibbons, lions and trained elephants. Watch Khon, Thailand’s classical masked Address: 555 M.7, Taiban District, Muang, Samutprakarn dance at the Sala Chalermkrung Theatre. Phone: +66 (0)2 703 4891 to 5 The dance is regarded one of the most refined of performing arts and was Lumphini Park originally limited to the royal court. Held Bangkok’s biggest green lung, named after every Friday and Saturday. Buddha’s birthplace in Nepal, is crammed

Address: 66 , Phra Nakhon with a motley crew of tai chi students, Phone: +66 (0)2224 4499 people singing karaoke, vendors selling Internet: salachalermkrung.com snake blood and bile chess players, Abhisek Dusit Throne Hall joggers, and kite flyers. Some say it’s the This East-meets-West royal building was best way to escape Bangkok without built by King , the first Thai leaving town; we say, join the throng. monarch to visit Europe. Visions of his Address: Rama IV Road, Wangmai Subdistrict, Patumwan travels must still have been swimming in his head when he commissioned the throne Siam Ocean World hall, a stunning, intricate building which, Bangkok’s new Aquarium. Thailand and despite its Western influences, has a Southeast Asia’s biggest aquatic and distinctly Thai exterior. education center. Siam Ocean World aquarium features more than 30,000 Address: Ratchawithi Road, across from Dusit Zoo Phone: +66 (0)2628 6300 aquatic creatures from 400 species. You can even take a real dive with real sharks.

Ancient City Internet: siamoceanworld.co.th Meuang Boran is billed as the largest open-air museum in the world. Over a Floating Market hundred of Thailand’s most impressive This world famous market is 80 Kilometres monuments are rendered slightly less outside of Bangkok. You can take an impressive in this 80-hectare (200-acre) organised tour or a bus from the Southern collection of scale models. The attraction is Bus Terminal. Every day boats crowd the south of the Thai capital, near the coast of market area early morning until around the Gulf of Thailand. Depending on traffic, noon. If you wish you can travel around in it can take as long as two hours to make boat and see a little of what Thai village the trip. life is like.

Address: Samut Prakan (33 km SE of Bangkok) Address: Damnernsaduak Phone: +66 (0)2 2241057 Underground: Lumpini Boxing Stadium Internet: ancientcity.com Phone: +66 (0)2 251 4303

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EATING busy shopping area and you’re bound to find something to suit your taste here, may it be European, American, Mexican, Indian, Middle Eastern, Japanese or Thai. Soi Nana and Soi Thonglor are well known for their food stalls and restaurants.

Silom Road Bangkok’s business district offers all kinds of food; seafood stalls can be found in the Saladaeng intersection, Indonesian and Where ever you go in Bangkok there’s no Irish foor around Convent Road, Japanese shortage of eating options. Eat in a by Soi Thaniya, Thai food by Soi Phipat roadside noodle stall and watch the world and there’s also Soi Lalaisup – the lunch go by. Savour fresh seafood at a local market. restaurant perched over the river, enjoy exquisite food from a swish hotel Soi Langsuan “a Hidden Gem“ restaurant overlooking the city, or take a One of Bangkok’s best kept secrets, this up quick snack in a shopping mall food court. and coming boulevard is fertile ground for Whatever you choose, and wherever you fresh new restaurants springing up are staying, you won’t be disappointed. As everywhere. Each one from Italian to Thai there are so many restaurants, food stalls is uniquely charming and refreshing. The and market places to choose from, boulevard itself is surrounded by trees and recommending places to eat is not easy. foliage, which makes for a good stroll Some areas worth mentioning are: before or after you meal. Here is a selection of restaurants around Soi Langsuan. This is Bangkok’s with plenty of food stalls, Chinese restaurants and some The Ninth Cafe of the best dim sum lunches around. With its modern airy decor, Italian/Thai food, great ambiance “the Ninth Café” is a Road great place for an afternoon bite or a Not far from Yaowarat’s Chinatown you delicious dinner experience.

may find a number of Indian restaurants Address: 59/5 Soi Langsuan, Ploenchit Road run by Thai people of Indian origin. There Phone: +66 (0)2 255 7125-7 are also plenty of Punjabi and Pakistani food here. Acoustic House An elegant Mexican/Thai restaurant with live piano music. This place serves unique In this shopping area you can also find savoury Mexican dishes whilst chilled-out traditional Thai, European, Chinese and piano music fills the air. Japanese restaurants and food streets of Address: 59/4 Lang Suan Rd., Pathumwan Phone: +66 (0)2254 9249-50 medium and high-priced fast-food outlets.

Pan Pan Sukhumvit Road A bustling medley of steaming chilli There are plenty of eating places in this

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mussels chased by heaped plates of pasta, Thailand.

the prices are excellent making it a great Address: Sukhumvit Soi 12 place to take family and friends. Pan Pan is Phone: +66 (0)2 229 4611 ext 331 Internet: cabbagesandcondoms.co.th very popular with local Thai people.

Address: 45 Soi Langsuan, Ploenchit Road Phone: +66 (0)22527104 BARS & NIGHTLIFE

Baan Khanitha This award winning restaurant serves signature dishes from all over Thailand. Dishes like spicy river prawn soup with glass noodles and prawns with tamarind sauce are beautifully done.

Address: Baan Kanitha, 36/1 Soi 23, Sukhumvit Road Phone: +66 (0)2 258 4181

There is no shortage of cool pubs, bars and La Dalat Indochine lounges in Bangkok. Admission to the A charming Vietnamese restaurant, located venue is generally free, with the exception on busy Soi 23, a short walk from of some high-end places which may ask for Sukhumvit Road and , Le Dalat fees up to 600 baht. The fee usually Indochine ranks among the best includes one or two free drinks. Vietnamese restaurants in the city. The restaurant is housed in an imaginatively Bangkok’s vast nightlife scenes feature converted 1950’s villa, packed with plants, everything from live music, to good jazz works of art and memorabilia. clubs, sleek cool bars, bouncing dance

Address: 14 Sukhumvit Soi 23 venues and of course great restaurants. Phone: +66 (0) 2661 7967 Beyond souvenir shopping and bar hopping, Bangkok offers a much wider Le Banyan range of sophisticated entertainment such This lovely restaurant serves delectable as traditional performances, Broadway French cuisine including a selection of foie scale cultural shows, or even peaceful gras and distinctive seafood main courses dinner cruises down the river. like snapper fillet with fresh apples and apple brandy. Succulent meat courses like Q Bar grilled pressed duck are among the house Sukhumvit Soi 11. It is the probably the specialties. hottest spot in town at the moment and Address: No. 59 Sukhumvit soi 8 very fashionable. Drinks are reasonably Phone: +66 (0)2 253 5566 priced, and they have one of the widest selections of spirits available in the ‘city. Cabbages & Condoms Great place if you like hip bars! This oddly named restaurant started out as a part of a campaign to promote birth Address: #34 Sukhumvit Soi 11 Phone: +66 (0)2 252 3274 control and Aids awareness. It has become Internet: qbarbangkok.com an established attraction in the Bangkok dining circuit with its imaginative menu Dubliner and beautiful garden. Profits support family A new Irish Pub! The pub is in three levels planning and anti-AIDS projects in with the third offering one pool table and

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one table football, the second level is in a Immortal kind of lobby that looks out onto some of This legendary player in the Khao San the ground floor. The beers are reasonably music scene plays drum & bass, punk, priced and they do have Kilkenny on tap! rock, metal and nu-metal music very, very

Address: 440 Sukhumvit Rd, (Washington Square, Soi 22) loud, so be prepared! Several Happy Hour Phone: +66 (0)2 204 1841/2 offers, and the price of entry often includes Internet: dublinerbangkok.com a drink. A somewhat dark, shady and The Bed Supper Club unglamorous, but fun place! This is one of the hottest clubs in Bangkok Address: 249 Khao San Road, 1st floor of the Bayon Building Phone: +66 (0)5 812 9111 and worth going to. Shaped like a spaceship, the club is split into two sections, one aimed more at drinking and SHOPPING dancing and the other are for dining and chilling out with friends. As the name suggests the whole concept the club is based on is a bed, and there are actual beds for customers to relax and enjoy.

Address: 26 Soi Sukhumvit 11, Sukhumvit Road Phone: +66 (0)2 651 3537 Internet: bedsupperclub.com

Narcissus Bangkok is often thought of as a shopper’s A very nice disco that gets very busy. It is paradise. There are indeed some great next door (towards the back) to the bargains to be made, and there is certainly hostess bar Pegasus. Worth going to a lot to choose from. A bit of advice: while around midnight onwards, for its chic there are bargains, many things, especially design and trendy clientele. anything imported, is likely to be more Address: 112 Sukhumvit Soi 23 Road Wattana Phone: +66 (0)2 258 4805 expensive than elsewhere. Check prices of any planned major purchases at home Nunglen before you leave. Hot and Trendy nightclub with Thai Live Bands playing. Stays open from 7pm until Markets 1am every night! This massive market is only open on

Address: Ekkamai Road Saturday and Sunday. Here you’ll find Internet: www.nunglen.net everything from pets and plants to clothes and antiques. The market is open-air, Escobar though mostly covered, and can be On weekends this place is filled with incredibly hot on even a mild day. The hip-hop and the main bar quickly gets small aisles make it easy to get lost but it’s crowded! If that’s too much for you, there hard to go too far in any one direction is also a smaller bar for a more relaxed before hitting the open centre area with its evening. clock tower. The market is incredibly Address: 217/1-3 Sukhumvit Soi 63, Ekamai organized into sections for clothing, pets, Opening hours: 6pm-1am Phone: +66 (0)2 711 6565 furniture, etc. but you’ll find anything More info: Skytrain: Ekkamai anywhere. Best way to get there is by sky

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train to ”Mo Chit” station. centre. Note that electronics are generally not cheap in Thailand. Night Bazaar At around 19:00 every day, the sidewalks Central World of Silom road as well as Patpong itself are This shopping centre is the biggest lifestyle filled with stalls selling clothing, trinkets, shopping complex in Southeast Asia and music and sundry other items. It can be hosts an unrivalled mix of products and quite crowded and there is of course a lot services. Get here with the direct Sky train of mischief on the prowl, so you need to be (BTS). The centre is a shopping paradise careful. waiting to be explored!

Address: Ratchaprasong intersection, Pathumwan Local Handicrafts Internet: .co.th The biggest selection of Thai handicrafts Mahboonkrong (mbk) Center can be found at Narayanaphand, located The “grand -daddy” of Bangkok’s shopping on Radjamri road across from the Central centres has a market feel to it, with many World Plaza. President Tower, right around small shops and sometimes very narrow the corner from Narayanaphand, also has a aisles. You’ll find one floor devoted almost number of shops selling local products. entirely to mobile phones and accessories. Two other floors have clothes as well as Antiques bags, while yet another has furniture. You’ll find shops in all the major tourist Tourists can apply for a special Tourist areas, but the centre is River City next to Discount Card (MBK) at the information the Royal Orchid Sheraton. Note that desk which entitles you to between 5- 30% ‘antique’ has no legal definition in Thailand, discount on selected merchandise and in and the word is often applied to things that some restaurants. could well have been made yesterday, but are designed or made to look old. Address: Phayathai Road

Siam Square Clothing Outdoor cluster of shop houses which is You’ll find tailor shops in many hotels and currently given over to independent shopping centres. For discount clothing, clothing designers, music stores and other make your way to market, within things of interest to the young crowd walking distance of the Central World attracted to Siam Square. Plaza. Be sure to note our clothing sizes caution when purchasing ready-made & Siam Discovery items. Set side-by-side across Road from Siam Square, these two centres have Computers And Technology several designer shops and restaurants. Panthip Plaza on Petchburi road is not far Next door to Siam Centre is another from the Pratunam garment district and shopping area called . within a long walk from Central World shopping centre. Somewhat more Siam Paragon comfortable and easier to get to is Fortune Opened in December 2005, the Siam Town on Ratchadapisek Road. The Rama Paragon takes centre stage both literally IX subway station is right in front of the and figuratively, in the heart of Bangkok’s

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Shopping District. Most of the shops are and CD player is found in every room.

decidedly high end, with names such as Address: 333 Charoennakorn Road, Klongsan Armani, Chanel and Mazerati on hand, but Phone: +66 (0)2 861 2888 Internet: http://bangkok.peninsula.com there are enough distractions such as movies and Asia’s largest aquarium to The Oriental keep the place packed on weekends. This hotel is hailed by many to be the best Address: 9991/1 Rama 1 Road, Pathumwan hotel in Bangkok. The Oriental, Bangkok Phone: +66 (0)2 610 9000 Internet: siamparagon.co.th hotel has won an impressive amount of awards and is without a doubt one of the The best five star hotels in Bangkok.

High class centre located on Sukhumvit Address: 48 Oriental Avenue, Bangkok 10500, Thailand Road at the Prompong Skytrain station. Phone: +66 (0)2 659 9000 Internet: mandarinoriental.com/bangkok Very popular with foreign residents. Address: 622 Sukhumvit Rd., Klongton, Klongtoey Sheraton Grande Phone: +66 (0)2 269 1000 Ext. 1726, 1727 Internet: emporiumthailand.com Located between Sukhumvit Soi 10 and 12, again a great location for business or SLEEPING pleasure. Excellent location with the Asok Skytrain station at its doorstep and the expressway only minutes away. The service is of the highest quality and everything that you would expect from a Sheraton in the Luxury collection. The rooms are extremely well appointed, large and comfortable. This splendid hotel also offers great spa facilities and sumptuous restaurants.

Address: 250 Sukhumvit Road The Thai Hotels Association (THA) can get Phone: + 66 (0)2 6498888 you better rates at mid-range and Internet: sheratongrandesukhumvit.com expensive hotels than you would get as a walk-in, but you still pay more than the GOOD VALUE The Zenith Hotel going rate. Make sure you have some idea about where you want to stay and what Very well located for business and kind of prices you should be paying for it. entertainment purposes on Sukhumvit Soi Different hotels pay them dif¬ferent rates 3. A good hotel with 3 or 4 stars and of commission so don’t be surprised if they rooms well equipped. The swimming pool suggest other hotels to one you decided on on the top floor offers stunning views of -they aren’t impartial by any means. Bangkok and is a great place for sun bathing. Great choice for a vacation! EXCLUSIVE Address: 29 Sukhumvit Soi 3 (Nana Nua) Phone: +66 (0)2 655 4999 The Peninsula Internet: zenith-hotel.com The rooms at this hotel are outstanding. Very large windows and each room looks Novotel Bangkok, Siam Square out on to the river. They each have The Novotel on Siam Square is situated in separate shower and toilet, with a the heart of Bangkok. It is surrounded by television in each bathroom. A fax machine

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shopping and entertainment centers, an Free shuttle bus service is provided and excellent section of restaurants, bars and the express route connects the main nightclubs. The perfect location and the terminal to the transport centre. Ordinary Sky Train Central Station is on the route connects to the other airport doorstep of the hotel. facilities. Address: Siam Square Soi 6 Airport Express provides bus services Phone: +66 (0)2651 9501 Internet: bangkok.com/novotelsiam between Suvarnabhumi Airport and various Bangkok hotels. It operates four bus BASIC routes to downtown and costs 150 Baht. Honey Hotel If you’d rather take a regular bus, 24hrs Very basic, quiet accommodation located in public bus service is provided from the Bus Sukhumvit Soi 19. A good location for Terminal at the Transport Centre. Take a pretty much everything. Prices should shuttle buss (Express route) to the range from 800 Baht up. Transport Centre. Bus fare is around 35 Address: 31 Sukhumvit Road 19 Baht. Phone: +66 (0)2 2530 646 Taxis can be found on Level 1, D&D Inn alternatively take a shuttle bus (Express Very affordable little guesthouse/hotel in route) to the Transport Centre taxi stand. the center of Khao San Road, however due Metered taxi fare plus 50 Baht airport to its location it is constantly surrounded surcharge and expressway fees.

by young travellers (rarely quite). Great Phone: +66 (0)2 132 3888 rooftop pool and restaurant. Internet: www.bangkokairportonline.com

Address: 68-70 Khao San Road Phone: +66 (0)2 629 0526-8 Don Muang International Airport Internet: khaosanby.com Bangkok’s first airport is located 25km north of central Bangkok and serves ESSENTIAL INFORMATION domestic flights. There’s a 500m long walkway connecting the International and Domestic terminals, and a free Thai Airways shuttle bus also goes back and forth frequently. Taking a taxi for this distance will cost 35 Baht.

Internet: airportthai.co.th More info: Airport Directory 025351111

Local Transport The sky train (BTS) Airport Bangkok International Suvarnabhumi Stretching from Sukhumvit Soi 77 all the Airport way to Chatuchak, with one leg that runs from Erawan intersection to the Chaopraya Suvarnabhumi Airport caters to both river, just next to the Shangri-la Hotel. You domestic and international flights. The can buy individual tickets along with airport is located in Racha Thewa in the monthly, yearly and a few other Bang Phli district of Samut Prakan alternatives. province, 30 km east of Bangkok.

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Opening hours: 120 Baht. pharmacy directly across from Nana Tickets: fare varies with destination, between 10-40 Baht. Internet: bts.co.th/en complex is open 24 hours.

Tuk Tuk’s Dentist No trip to Bangkok is complete with out a Bangkok Smile Dental Clinic

trip in a tuk tuk. Some dislike these three Address: 32/5-6 Sukhumvit 21 (Asoke Road) Wattana wheeled electro-carts but they do allow Phone: +66 (0)2664 2800 Internet: www.dentalthailand.com you to experience all the sights, sounds, and smells of the city in real time! Telephone Country code: +66 Taxi Taxi’s are readily available. Only take the Area code: 02 (Central Bangkok) taxi’s which are in the official taxi queue Electricity and only those that will show you the 220 Volts meter is working before you get in. A ride from the airport to central downtown Taxes should cost between 200/350 Thai Baht. A In restaurants (not noodle shops or local lot of people may approach you to offer a cafes) 7% VAT is added to the bill. An taxi service for a fixed fee. Never take additional service charge of around 10% is their offer as it is illegal to operate a taxi also added in places like hotels and more without a meter in Bangkok. sophisticated restaurants. If your bill Post doesn’t contain a service charge, then a tip Generally the post offices are open from of around 10% is often appreciated if the 8am to 4.30pm, though some don’t like to service has met your expectations. take international parcel shipments after 3.30pm.

Central post office You can also make international phone calls there, open 24 hours.

Address: Thanon Charoen Krung (about halfway between its intersections with thanon Surawong and thanon Si Phraya) Opening hours: Monday-Friday 8am to 8pm, weekends 8am to 1pm

Federal Express

Address: Rama 4 Road, Green Tower, Floor 8 Phone: +66 (0)2367-3222

Pharmacy Thailand Pharmacies are exceptional with most pharmacists speaking excellent English; also they are often open until 01.00 in the night. Anoth¬er added perk is that most pharma¬cies will sell you medicines without a prescription. The

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S Klong Thom Wat P. D3 Thanon Rachini B2 B3 Sanam Luang B2 Thanon Ratchabophi. B3 C3 Thanon Buranasat B2 Thanon Ratchadam. B2 C2 D2 Thanon Burapha C3 Thanon Ratchadamno. B2 Thanon Chak Phet B4 C4 Thanon Ratchadamno. D1 D2 Thanon C4 D4 Thanon Ratchawon D4 Thanon Chakrabongs. B1 Thanon Samsen C1 Thanon Chao Khamro. D3 Thanon Sanam Chai B3 Thanon Charoen K. B3 C3 D3 Thanon Saphan B4 Thanon Chetuphon B3 Thanon Saran Rom B3 Thanon Damrong D2 Thanon Siri Phong C2 C3 Thanon Dinso C2 Thanon Somdet Phra. A1 B1 Thanon Fuang Nakho. C3 Thanon Tanao C1 C2 Thanon Ham Buttri B1 C1 Thanon Tani B1 C1 Thanon Kalayana Ma. B3 Thanon Thai Wang B3 Thanon Khao San B1 C1 Thanon Ti Thong C3 Thanon Krai Si C1 Thanon Tri Phet C4 Thanon Lak Muang B2 Thanon Unakan C3 Thanon Lan Luang D2 Thanon Wang Doem A4 Thanon Luang D3 Thanon Wora Chak D3 Thanon Maha Chai D3 Thanon Yaowarat D4 Thanon Mahachak D4 Thanon Yommaratsuk. D3 D4 Thanon Mahannop C2 Trok Ban Lo D1 Thanon Mahathat A2 A3 B4 Trok Nawa C2 Thanon Mangkon D4 Trok Sake B2 C2 Thanon Na Hap Phoe. B2 Trok Sillapakorn A2 Thanon Na Phra Lan A2 B2 Soi D3 Thanon Na Phra Tha. B2 Soi Damnoen Klang . B1 C2 Thanon Nakhon Sawa. D2 Soi Damnoen Klang . C2 D2 Thanon O-Sathahon C4 D4 Soi Damnoenklang T. C2 Thanon Parinayok D1 D2 Soi Kasaemsi C1 Thanon Phahurat C4 Soi Phalittaphon D4 Thanon Phra Athit B1 Soi Prok Wat A4 Thanon Phra Chan A2 B2 Soi Ram Buttri B1 Thanon Phra Phitak B3 C4 Soi Samran Rat C2 D2 Thanon Phra Sume. B1 C1 D2 Soi Samsen 1 C1 Thanon Phraeng Nar. B2 C2 Soi Samsen 4 C1 Thanon Prachathipa. D1 Soi Setthakan B4

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Soi Sukhat C3 Soi Tha Klang B4 Soi Wat Kanlaya A4 B4 Soi Wiwat Wiang D4 Soi Woraphong C1 Thanon Anuwong C4 D4 Thanon Arun Amarin A4 Thanon Atsadang B2 B3 Thanon Bamrung Mua. C2 D2 Thanon Boriphat D2 D3 Thanon Bowon C1 Thanon Bunsiri B2 C2

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