Groovy Map Bangkok Day 1
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Months before you book your flight, buying the travel guide is the first promise to yourself that this vacation is happening. Ready to commit to Thailand? While Lonely Planet books tend to be ubiquitous best-sellers, Thailand is rightly a popular country with plenty else on the shelves. Which should you choose?.
(follows below). Some links below include affiliates Top 4 Thailand travel guides #1. Lonely Planet (current edition – 2016) (pre-order for 2018) A great starting point to get to grips with Thailand.
Lonely Planet chases down the cool kids with liberal use of “kinda” and derisory references to strutting “middle-aged men”. Are you a cool kid? A very good Thailand primer section helps you to choose where to go, when and for how long. There’s some needed simplicity when you’re trying to choose between a dozen beach destinations. A thick section is devoted to Bangkok. The book makes excellent use of sidebars, colour-coding and bolded bits. Half an hour with it and you’ll have extracted all that you were looking for.
Too simplistic in parts? But a very dependable shortcut. As for size, you’re not going to want to carry this book in your handbag. It’s a brick.
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There’s a Kindle version, though! DK Eyewitness 300,000 temples. 282 mammal species.
Nagas are believed to control rainfall. There’s a museum with the preserved remains of a man who ate 7 children. Rafflesia flowers are insane. I’m a walking Thailand ‘Rain Man’ thanks to DK Eyewitness. Expecting tidy lists of travel minutia?
What you get instead is 880 pages of small font and huge interest. I read both this travel guide (and its companion, ) cover to cover. They’re fascinating, and – no matter your Thailand plans – you need at least one. Fodor’s Travel More a book to read than Lonely Planet’s skim-through. However, photos on every page keep it interesting. Sections like “What’s hot in Thailand right now” (teenagers “tapping their feet to J-Pop”) suggests Fodor’s audience is Baby Boomer Plus. It feels – dare I say it – slightly uncool.
Do you own a Tilley hat? Not quite as hyper as Lonely Planet, I find there’s more to read in Fodor’s. The content is wider-ranging as well, with details on Thai history and a great FAQ on how to eat street food (“What are all the condiments for?”). Intro pages have a great range of itinerary suggestions. It’s a great book for doing your research in advance, but plan to leave at home.
Insight Guides Gorgeous photos on every page, and helpful colour-coding make this book easy to skim and navigate as you go. I consider this travel guide to be an amalgamation of the best qualities of the three above: it’s engaging, has good ‘Thailand 101’ content and top-to-bottom coverage for any itinerary. Thai language and culture guides Thai language guides If you’re going to do something badly while in Thailand – why not try to speak Thai? Most every tourist quickly masters ‘hello’ and ‘thank you’ in Thai, but a third, fourth or fifth phrase would earn high praise. Get a head start on a few words in this (quite tricky) language with this highly praised pocket reference book. More questions? See our. Also consider:.
Thai culture travel guides Essential stuff! It’s easier than you think to cause offence in this polite country. We agree with reviewers: “It prevents embarrassment. It can deflect even a disaster.” Don’t miss: How to be.
This travel guide is a surprise favourite, particularly for its Thailand introduction sections. As it’s now eight years old and only available in used paperback, grab a cheap secondhand copy for its great cultural tips. Campbell hausfeld air compressors. Sections on how to bargain (“a cheerful face may prove your best weapon”) and its ‘Life and Times’ section should be on every tourist’s reading list. Of every Thailand travel guide I’ve reviewed, it has the only opening sentence that doesn’t make me want to pull out fingernails.
I didn’t expect to, but I really like this book! (And even learned a bit). It’s printed on newsprint in black and white, but there’s a lot of detail in place of pretty pictures. If you see a reasonably priced secondhand copy on Amazon – snap it up! Also consider:. Regional Thailand travel guides Bangkok travel map Bangkok city guides Also consider:. (current) + (pre-order for 2018).
Bangkok things to do. Chiang Mai travel guides Also consider:. Phuket travel guides Also consider:. Koh Samui travel guide Thailand travel guide maps. Thailand beach travel guides A 2016 update which consistently sits in Amazon’s top 10 for Thailand travel guides. 3D illustrations set the DK series apart from the travel guide pack – ideal for visual people, or those who need a little extra help with directions!
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See these recommendations for. Thai food.: A fantastic food guide for both gluttons and germaphobes. Diving. Birds and nature.