Bangkok, for the first time

A city you can eat your way through, travel by boat, and watch change mode after sunset. Six ways in — not another top-ten list.

Six angles on Bangkok

Rattanakosin island, riverside temples and the lanes around Tha Tien — a morning's walk before the heat arrives.

From rice-and-curry stalls at breakfast to a late-night noodle plate — Bangkok feeds you at every waking hour.

A tuk-tuk is fun, but agree the fare before you get in. For any real distance the BTS and MRT are faster and far cheaper.

The big stadiums run fights on a weekly schedule, and plenty of gyms take walk-in classes if you would rather throw the punches.

The express boat is public transport and the best view in the city at the same time, for the price of a coffee.

Night markets, pavement restaurants and neighbourhoods that only wake at sunset — the city changes mode after six.

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Give it your days, budget and style and SawadiKub lays out the hours — then change anything by just saying so.

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