Bangkok in the Step by Step series by Insight Guides focuses on providing tailor made walks & tours around the city. The guide features eighteen route recommendations that link up better known sights & take you off of the more beaten track; they are written by local experts who have personally selected places to eat & drink en-route & who offer insider tips on culture, shopping & nightlife. The guide has an array of colour photographs which help bring to life the background & descriptive information provided for destinations & attractions. An overview chapter opens the guide & reviews geography, customs & culture, history, food & drink, shopping, culture & entertainment. Next feature the selected itineraries for walks and/or tours, each of which have a good amount of accompanying information & come with a simple route plan. A user friendly alphabetical directory lists practical information to do with day to day basics & listings of h&-picked hotels & restaurants are provided to suit different budgets & tastes. The publisher ...

Tom Vandenberghe & Luk Thys travelled back to Thailand to find & share the best food stalls, addresses & recipes. Food is one of the reasons many tourists visit Thailand each year, not only for its affordability, but because the Kingdom`s exotic cuisine offers an unrivalled culinary experience & is internationally famous for its distinctive flavors. The diversity, abundance & quality of ingredients are incomparable with any other country in the world. Bangkok Street Food provides you with all the best addresses in Bangkok as well as more than 60 authentic street food recipes. Many of the famous Thai dishes actually originated on a street corner or at a food market & made it to the gastronomic world of food. That`s why you can find the soul of Thai food on the streets. This book offers a lot more than the traditional green, yellow & red curry recipes. As you open the volume, you can smell coconut milk, coriander & lemon grass. Besides the appetizing recipes, it explains everything you need to know on cooking techniques & products. Otherwise said, Bangkok Street Food is not just a culinary feast, but an unrivalled adventure! Also available: Hanoi Street Food ISBN 9789020997842 Singapore & Penang Street Food ISBN 9789401403672 New York Street Food ISBN 9789401403696. ...

Busaba is modern Bangkok dining. Having opened its first restaurant on London`s Wardour Street in 1999, the chain now has 13 restaurants across the capital & its suburbs, with a number of locations winning consumer & trade awards. Bangkok Thai: The Busaba Cookbook takes everything the restaurants legions of fans love about Thai cookery & makes it available to the amateur chef. The book offers 100 recipes ranging from salads & soups to stir-fries, wok noodles, curries & chargrills, as well as Asian-inspired cocktails & desserts. & it`s all achievable without having to locate specialist food shops; the book has been developed specifically with home cooks in mind, & along with easy to obtain ingredients offers shortcuts & hacks to help recreate the tastes of South-East Asia with as little fuss & as much enjoyment as possible. ...

Street plan of Bangkok from the Thai publishers Thinknet combining an overview street map of the city’s central districts & seven panels with enlargements of the city’s most interesting areas highlighting shopping streets & naming important buildings & numeours facilities including hotels, restaurants & bars, etc. The overview map shows main & selected smaller streets, BTS & MRT routes with stops, & various places of interest, plus clearly indicates which seven areas are presented on the enlargements. The map is accompanied by a diagram of the public transport network. Seven separate panels at detailed scales around 1:4, 000 present in great detail the city’s most visited areas: the historic Rattanakosin district further enlargements for the Chinatown (Yaowarat) & for Khaosan Road area, plus Sukhumvit Road, Silom Road, Sian-Ratch Damri area, & the Chatuchak Weekend Market. All the panels in addition show bus route numbers & name numerous individual buildings, businesses & institutions. Several locations are annotated with numbers cross-referenced to the accompanying colour photos. The plan of the Chatuchak Weekend Market indicates what goods are sold in each of its sections. Street names are in the Thai & Latin alphabet; names of businesses are in Thai & English, as is the map legend. ...

The fast-track guide for the smart traveller Wallpaper* City Guides present a tightly edited, discreetly packaged list of the best a location has to offer the design conscious traveller. Here is a precise, informative, insider`s checklist of all you need to know about the world`s most intoxicating cities. Whether you are staying for 48 hours or five days, visiting for business or a vacation, we`ve done the hard work for you, from finding the best restaurants, bars & hotels (including which rooms to request) to the most extraordinary stores & sites, & the most enticing architecture & design. Wallpaper* City Guides enable you to come away from your trip, however brief, with a real taste of the city`s landscape & the satisfaction you`ve seen all that you should. In short, these guides act as a passport to the best the world has to offer. ...

Bangkok on Nancy Chandler's colourful, h&-drawn map with an 88 page booklet, described by top guidebooks & travel writers as the best tourist map of Bangkok, an indispensable guide & the very best resource. Double-sided, the map is presented as a series of panels covering:- Central Bangkok- Greater Bangkok- Chatuchak Weekend Market Area- Central Shopping Area- Banglampoo: Khao San / Phra Athit- Sukhumvit Road- Chinatown- Suvarnabhumi International Airport The map is accompanied by an 88 page pocket book index including secrets rarely shared with visitors (for example, shops & sales supporting good causes, & dining tips For the Sweet Tooth). Bars are categorized by their crowds for those who want to befriend fun Thais, hang out with other travellers, meet ex-pats, listen to live music, test the local brews, support their rugby team at a sports bar, go pub crawling, or just enjoy a sunset drink atop a quiet riverside guesthouse. Restaurant listings include Nancy's favourites & contact details; other listings include cooking classes, cinemas, hobbies, spas, sports, supermarkets, etc. ...

Bangkok on Nancy Chandler's colourful, h&-drawn map with an 96-page booklet, described by top guidebooks & travel writers as the best tourist map of Bangkok, an indispensable guide & the very best resource. Double-sided, the map is presented as a series of panels covering:- Central Bangkok- Greater Bangkok- Chatuchak Weekend Market Area- Central Shopping Area- Banglampoo: Khao San / Phra Athit- Sukhumvit Road- Chinatown- Suvarnabhumi International Airport The map, now in it's 26th edition, is accompanied by a 96-page pocket book index including secrets rarely shared with visitors (for example, shops & sales supporting good causes, & dining tips For the Sweet Tooth). Bars are categorized by their crowds for those who want to befriend fun Thais, hang out with other travellers, meet ex-pats, listen to live music, test the local brews, support their rugby team at a sports bar, go pub crawling, or just enjoy a sunset drink atop a quiet riverside guesthouse. Restaurant listings include Nancy's favourites & contact details; other listings include cooking classes, cinemas, hobbies, spas, sports, supermarkets, etc. ...

Monocle reports from around the globe in print, on radio, & online. As its editors & correspondents dart from city to city, they get to know the best places to rest their heads, stretch their limbs, & kick back with a contact in a hard-to-find cocktail bar. That information is now available in The Monocle Travel Guide Series: a line-up of titles that speaks to you in an informed but informal way about everything from architecture to art, late-night bars to early-morning markets. Expect a mix of experiences dotted with some quirky surprises. These are books where grand hotels appear alongside family-owned bistros & internationally renowned galleries sit next to unassuming indie clubs that play host to top music talent. The Monocle Travel Guides mix the classic with the contemporary, go beyond the conventional, & reveal all the hidden spots that cities have to offer. ...

Bangladesh in the Countries & Regions series from Lonely Planet, market-leading comprehensive guides aimed at independent travellers & serving a large range of international destinations. Frank & informal in style, the guides explore an extensive range of sights, activities, accommodation, restaurants & nightlife & are designed for practical use while travelling on the road. Written & researched by a team of experts, each book is independent in its recommendations & suggestions, often offering individual takes on individual destinations. Widely recognised for their reliability, each Lonely Planet country & region guide has the same layout. Introductory sections profile the destination with individual chapters on particular highlights, getting started, (including when to go) itineraries, history, culture, arts, food & drink & the environment. Each guide is organised geographically by region, with individual sections detailing an extensive range of sights, places of interest, attractions, restaurants, nightlife, accommodation & any local activities. The guides have detailed explanations of historical context where relevant. There is also practical guidance on ...

Bangladesh at 1:750, 000 on an indexed map from ITM, with street plans of central Dhaka & Chittagong, plus on the reverse a road map of north-eastern India with a street plan of Kolkata plus an enlargement of the city’s environs. On one side is an indexed map of Bangladesh at 1:750, 000. Distances are shown on main roads & railway lines are included. The map also shows administrative borders with names of the provinces. Town names are annotated with icons indicating that facilities and/or places of interest can be found there. The map also highlights various other interesting sites. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 30’ intervals. The map is accompanied by street plans of central Dhaka & Chittagong, highlighting various facilities & places of interest, plus notes about the country, etc. On the reverse is an indexed road map of North-Eastern India & eastern Nepal at 1:1, 500, 000, extending in India south-west to Sambalpur & Bhubaneshwar & within Nepal west to Pokhara. Please note that coverage of Bangladesh on that side of the map is incomplete, with the central part of the country blocked by the index. The map shows the regions road & rail connections, local airports, state boundaries, & various places of interest. Topography is indicated by altitude colouring in feet, although peak heights are given in metres. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 1°intervals. An enlargement shows the environs of Kolkata (Calcutta) in greater detail, & also included is a street plan of central Kolkata highlighting important buildings, various facilities, etc. ...