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Chao Phraya River 21 Coup d’état (2006) 41 F
riverside restaurants Coup d’état (2014) 41 Farang Guards (Wat Pho)
(Tha Maharat) 73 Crafts 28, 80, 112 19
tours 70 Cricket 49 Festivals 49, 64–5
ways to enjoy 90 Cruises, river 90 Floating vendors 20, 27
Chao Sam Phraya Cultural shows 50–51, 101 Floral Culture Museum
National Museum 35 Currency 110 53
Chatuchak 97 Customs regulations 110 Flow House 55
Chatuchak Park 28 Cycling 48, 49 Flowers 80
Chatuchak Weekend getting around 109 Food and drink
Market 11, 28–9, 95, 97 Chatuchak Weekend
Chedis 45 D Market 29
Phra Si Rattana Chedi Dachanee, Tawan 42 culinary highlights
(Wat Phra Kaeo) 14, 69 Damnoen Saduak Floating 59
Wat Pho 19 Market 7, 11, 26–7, 103 Damnoen Saduak
Chi, The Spa 46 Dan Sai 65 Floating Market 26
Chiang Mai Cricket Sixes Dance 50–51, 62 malls 63
49 festivals 64 where to eat 113
Chiang Mai Flower “Death Railway” 104, 105 Football 49
Festival 65 Dinner cruises 90 Forts
Children’s attractions Dinner shows 50, 51 Mahakan Fort 73
54–5 Disabled travelers 112, 113 Phra Sumen Fort 72
Children’s Discovery Downtown 84–93 Free attractions 62–3
Museum 55 A Walk through the Old French Embassy 87
Chinatown 76–81 Farang Quarter 87 Fruit 26, 97
Exploring Chinatown map 84–5 Funarium 54
and Little India 79 restaurants 91
map 76–7 shopping malls 89 G
restaurants and cafés 81 sights 85–8 Gaggan 59, 91
sights 76–9 ways to enjoy the river Gardens see Parks and
what to buy 80 90 gardens
Chinese Guards (Wat Dream World 54 Gay bars and clubs 57
Arun) 32 Durian fruit 97 Gaysorn Plaza 89
Chinese New Year 64 Dusit Park 7, 10, 22–3 General Post Office 87
Chula-Thammasat Dusit Throne Hall 12 Giant Swing (Wat Suthat)
Football Match 49 Dusit Zoo 7, 22 44, 71
Chulalongkorn see Rama Dvaravati Buddha torso Gold 78, 80
V (Jim Thompson House) Golden Buddha (Wat
Chulalongkorn University 31 Traimit) 44, 76, 79
88 Dvaravati Wheel of Law Golden Mount 44, 70,
Churches and cathedrals (National Museum) 17 71
Assumption Cathedral Golf 48
85, 87 E Grand Palace 10, 12–13,
Church of Santa Cruz 98 East Asiatic Company 87 69, 82–3
Dusit district churches Eat Me 59, 91 itineraries 6, 7
98 Electrical appliances 111 The Grande Spa 47
St. Joseph’s Cathedral Elephant Round-Up Greater Bangkok
(near Ayutthaya) 37 (Surin) 65 94–101
Cinema 53, 65 Emerald Buddha 13, 14, bars and pubs 100
Climate 111 69 Exploring Chauchak and
Clothing 29 Emporium 61, 89 Thonburi 97
Clubs see Bars, clubs and EmQuartier 61, 89 map 94–5
pubs EmQuartier Tropical 52 nightclubs and
Conrad, Joseph 86 Entertainment venues entertainment 101
Corrections Museum 73 50–51, 101 restaurants 99
Country festivals 65 Erawan Bangkok 89 sights 95–8
Coup d’état (1932) 23, 40 Erawan National Park 105 Gutis 45
Coup d’état (1992) 41 Erawan Shrine 62, 86 Wat Pho 19

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