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Pak Khlong
2
Market
MAP C5 • Chakphet
Road • Open 24 hours
daily
The sights, sounds, and
smells at Bangkok’s
biggest flower, fruit,
and vegetable market
threaten to cause
sensory overload.
Throughout the night,
boats laden with
jasmine, lotus, and
carnations unload their
cargo, and at dawn the
colorful displays of Gold shops along Yaowarat Road
blooms and tropical fruits are at
their best. The market is at its each evening the street gets even
busiest in the mornings. busier as foodstalls and vendors
occupy every inch of space avail able.
Yaowarat Road
3 Phahurat Market
MAP E5 • Shops open 8am–
(Little India)
10pm daily 4
The heart of Chinatown’s gold trade, MAP C5 • Phahurat Road • Open
this one-way street boasts over 100 9am–6pm daily
gold shops. Painted bright red, these Crossing the road in Bangkok’s
shops flaunt glittering dis plays of Chinatown can seem like traveling
necklaces and bracelets. The high from China to India in the blink of an
volume of vehi cles here often makes eye. An enclave within an enclave,
traffic come to a complete halt, and Little India, mostly concentrated
along Phahurat Road and the block
CHINATOWN to the south, shows that Indians and
Chinese share a love of commerce.
BU R AP H A BU R AP H A MAHA CHAI MAHA CHAI SCK 13 SCK 13 YOMMARATSUKHUM LUANG ANG Saris and rainbow-colored bolts of
LU
PHLAB PHLA CHAI
SI THAMATHIRAT
PH R A PH I
PH R A PH I TA K TA K SCK 8 SCK 10 SCK 8 SCK 10 CHAO KHAMROP MAITRI C 3 SOI MANGKON 1 SOI MANGKON 1 SOI MANGKON SOI 2 MANGKON 2 cloth are stacked to the rooftops of
PHA H U
CHAO KHAMROP
PHA H UR AT R AT P H A H U R AT AT Ang Ang YAOWA R AT C H A R O E N K R U N G SI THAMATHIRAT SUAPA SUAPA PHLAB PHLA CHAI Y K 3 HIT MA N G KO N the cramped shophouses and spill
YOMMARATSUKHUM
Y K
onto the streets. Tiny teahouses and
P H A H U R
SOI MANGKON
SOI MANGKON
MAITRI CHIT
R AC H I N I
TRI PHE T
B A N M O
Khlong Lot R AC H I N I AT S A D A N G AT S A D A N G B A N M O PHAHURATPHAHURAT Khlong H E T Ong Ong BORIPHAT BORIPHAT SOI W 1 YAOWAR AT SUAPA MANGKON MANGKON Y
TRI PHE T
YAOWA R AT
YISIPSONGK 2
YISIPSONGK 2
MA N G KO N
C H A R O E N K R U N G
CHINATOWNCHINATOWN
temples complete the scene.
YISIPSONG KARAKADAKHOM 1

MAH ACH AK
SOI W 1
Khlong Lot
SUAPA
S A N A M C H A I
C H A K K R A W A T
S A N A M C H A I
Songwat Road
C H A K P
SOEM SINKHA ( N E W R O A D )
SOEM SINKHA ( N E W R O A D )
JULYJULY
SANTIP
22ND22ND
MAP E6
PLAENG NAM
SANTIPHAP HAP
SOI SOI C H A K P H E T Khlong C H A K K R A W A T MAH ACH AK YAOWAR AT SOI C K 16 SOI C K 16 SANTIPHAP HAP CIRCLECIRCLE SANTIP Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem Khlong Phadung Krung
THAKLANG CHAK PHET S AM SOI PHALITTAPHON PLAENG NAM MITTRAPHAN MITTRAPHAN Songwat Road runs parallel to the
SOI EMPIRE
THAKLANG CHAK PHET
SOI EMPIRE
PHO PHANIT
PHO PHANIT
R ATCH AWO NG
CHAROEN
SOI AMA KANG
MUANG
MUANG
PakPak TROK KRAI TROK KRAI S AM PE NG CHAROEN Chao Phraya River, and though the
SOI PHALITTAPHON
SOI ISARA NUPHAP
A N U W O
KhlongKhlong SAPHAN PHUT UT A N U W ON G N G R ATCH AWO NG PE MAITR I CHIT riverside piers and wharves are
YAOWAPHANIT
SAPHAN PH
MemorialMemorial S PHI ROM S PHI ROM O - S AT H A H O N O N SOI AMA KANG NG less busy now than a century ago,
O - S AT H A H
BridgeBridge MA NG KON MA NG KON SOI ISARA NUPHAP YAOWAPHANIT R A M A I V HuaHua
MAITR I CHIT
LampongLampong
MemorialMemorial many companies still have their
R A M A I V
BridgeBridge Phra PokPhra Pok
KlaoBridgeKlaoBridge warehouses in this area, especially
RachawongseRachawongse SAMPHAN THAWONGSAMPHAN THAWONG
T R I M IT IT Hua LampongHua Lampong this road and the small lanes that
SONG SAWAT YAOWA R AT
SONG SAWAT YAOWA R AT those in the rice trade. A stroll along
T R I M
SON GWAT
SON GWAT
Chao Phraya
Chao Phraya
RAMA IV
DinDin TRI MIT IT CHA R OEN K R U N G (N E W R OA D) RAMA IV lead down to the river conjures up
DaengDaeng TRI M K A O L A N A N
SongSong K A O L TROK C K RUNG something of the atmosphere of
Restaurants and Cafés SawatSawat SON GWAT Chinatown in bygone days. At its
SON GWAT
0 meters0 meters 400400
TROK C K RUNG
WatWat western end, Songwat Road leads
ThongThong 0 yards0 yards 400400
CHA R OEN K R U N G (N E W R OA D)
to Pak Khlong, the flower market.
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