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These are series of interesting parts of Bangkok which are best explored on foot. Exclusive VDO clips and panoramas are also provided in these articles. "Zog zag" is a Thai term which roughly translates as "ferreting out".
KUDEE CHIN
The tranquil riverside enclave surrounding the Kalayanamitr Temple is an old community whose history can be traced back more than two centuries when King Taksin the Great, after his victory over the Burmese, arrived in Thon Buri in 1767 and made it his new capital. — 9/07/2009
WANG BURAPHA - SAPHAN PHUT
Wang Burapha and the area around it is an amazing part of Bangkok, filled with an aura of entertainment about it day and night. If you were living in Bangkok 50 years ago, you would not have missed the chance to linger around Wang Burapha, the centre of teenagers at the time. — 2/07/2009
WONGWIAN YAI - KHLONG SAN - SI PHRAYA
Old communities by the banks of the Chao Phraya, that demarcates the capital into Bangkok and Thon Buri side, can now be reached more easily than any time before thanks to the extension of Skytrain route from Taksin Bridge to Wong Wian Yai on the other side of the river. — 25/06/2009
BANG LAMPHU - KHAO SAN - PHRA ATHIT
After Rattanakosin Island, site of the Grand Palace, Bang Lamphu, a short stroll to the north, has got to be the most frequented neighbourhood in town - and not just by tourists, either. Its allure is due in large part to a single street: the world-famous Khao San Road. For, love it or hate it, this strip is undeniably one of the liveliest parts of Bangkok with a diverse, constantly rotating cast of characters arriving daily from all corners of the globe. — 18/06/2009
RATCHAPRASONG - PRATUNAM
Radiating out from the intersection of Phetchaburi and Ratchaprarop roads, Pratunam is one of the oldest commercial hubs in the city. Once a quiet suburb fringed with rice fields and vegetable plots, it was slowly enveloped by urban developments and metamorphosed into a mecca for garments, fabric, fashion accessories and, more recently, cut-price computer software. — 11/06/2009
BANGKOK NOI
Bangkok Noi was established as an amphur on October 15, 1915. Originally called Amarin, the area was renamed Bangkok Noi in July the following year, before being elevated to the status of a district in 1972 when Thon Buri was merged with Bangkok. — 4/06/2009
SAO CHING CHA - TANAO ROAD
Like the Grand Palace, the area home to the twin towers of Sao Ching Cha, or the Giant Swing, can lay claim to a slice of history rich and old as Bangkok, because ever since the first Chakri monarch moved his capital here, it's been the spiritual hub of the city. — 28/05/2009
THA TIAN - THA PHRA CHAN - WANG LANG
Grand historical sites dating more than two centuries to the early Rattanakosin period abound in inner Bangkok. Exploring the area on foot, starting with the main roads along the Emerald Buddha Temple and Wat Pho, and weaving through small sidelanes, one will find modernisation has fused well with history and things other we associate with that era. — 21/05/2009
SUAN LUANG - SAM YAN - SAPHAN LUENG
Nestled in the shadows of the Kingdom's oldest university, these three interconnected areas are bound to offer something to satisfy one's appetite practically 24 hours a day. One might even go so far - or be so flippant - as to suggest that graduating from the prestigious halls of Chulalongkorn might be a simpler task than emerging from this neighbourhood, which stretches from Rama I Road all the way to Rama IV, with an empty stomach! — 14/05/2009
YAOWARAT - PHAHURAT
Pulsating with energy and life, Bangkok's Chinatown rarely sleeps. One of the oldest parts of the city, it takes its name from that of its main artery, Yaowarat, a road which winds through Samphanthawong district, its contours bearing an uncanny resemblance to that of a dragon's body. — 7/05/2009
