Secret Bangkok

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ISBN: 9782361953270
Published: 2022
Number of pages: 256
Format: Paperback / softback
Format: 19×10.5

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Discover a temple – overlooked by visitors – that boasts a million Buddhas; offer bacon and eggs to tiger temple-guardians; visit the lair of giant monitor lizards; meet David Beckham, Donald Duck and Popeye in a Buddhist temple; gain merit by sponsoring a coffin; or decipher, from a tree trunk, the winning lottery numbers offered by a beautiful female ghost.Meet a unique community of flute-players; eat a communal vegetarian breakfast with Bangkok's Sikh community; learn about the traditional Thai pastime of "baldy-butting"; and meet a celebrated "healer" who goes by the name of Madame Breast-slapper. Secret Bangkok is more than just an indispensable guide to the hidden face of the city: it is written also to offer fascinating background information for those who love to connect with the soul of a place.

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