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| Time Out Bangkok: And Beach Escapes (Time Out Guides) | 
 enlarge | Author: Editors Of Time Out
Publisher: Time Out
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (2 reviews)
Sales Rank: 518400
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3rd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 1846700213
Dewey Decimal Number: 915
EAN: 9781846700217
ASIN: 1846700213
Publication Date: June 29, 2007
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Product Description
In recent years, Bangkok?s image has been transformed from that of a chaotic free-for-all into a confident city brimming with design and sophistication ? but one that still retains a vibrant street life rarely seen in the developed world. This comprehensive travel guide chronicles the city?s new identity, dynamic popular culture, exciting clubs and restaurants, and rich cultural heritage, as well as its gorgeous nearby beaches. Bangkok?s lively gay and lesbian scene is covered in depth.
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 Very Disappointing Guide August 30, 2008
This is a review of the 3rd edition of Time Out Bangkok. It's frankly not worth buying, and I say that as someone who has enjoyed other Time Out city guides. A couple of specific problems:
-The maps are frustrating. Bangkok isn't really pedestrian-friendly, but there are still great opportunities to get to know the city on foot. The itineraries that Time Out includes are interesting, but the maps often lack important street names or don't include addresses and landmarks to locate sights. (Ironically, the cover says "Now with improved maps.")
-The writing is awful. For instance: "Calls for an industrialized Kra Canal or 'land bridge' across the southern isthmus would foul the environment on which tourism relies." Or: "Police raids and urine tests recur periodically and the unrepealed early closing directives...land later-opening venues in a pernicious, exploitable grey area as enforcement relents." Ugh. Reading a tour guide doesn't have to be pleasurable, but it should be bearable. Reading this one isn't.
Bangkok itself is wonderful. You'll just enjoy it even more with another guide. If I were to go again, I'd consider Lonely Planet. Do give other Time Out guides a look, though. They can be excellent.
 great food suggestions May 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was a little skeptical using a Time Out guide for the first time, but I must admit that this guide led us to numerous local eateries that were absolutely fantastic. We used the "eating" section to choose 4 local places for dinner and we were handsomely rewarded with great food, at cheap prices, from local places that we never would have found on our own. While the maps are a little lacking (they don't mark restaurants on a map - this might be changed in the newer edition), we were able to find these "hole-in-the-wall" places with excellent food.
I visited Bangkok for three days and found this guide, along with a local map, sufficient. However, I did miss some of the details and background descriptions that are provided in longer guides. The food section alone makes this guide worthwhile for anyone looking to take advantage of the great local food that Bangkok has to offer.
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