Table of Contents

BACKGROUND: Land of Smiles; Facts; Natural Environment; Climate; The Inundation of Paradise; Flora and Fauna; Peg-Leg Motala; Population; Politics; Economy; Family and Society; The Royal Family; Religion; History; Potters and the First Buddhists; The First Siamese Kingdom; The Rise and Fall of Ayutthaya; The Chakri Dynasty; From Monarchy to Democracy; The People against the Army; Arts and Culture; Art History; Portrayal of Buddha and Gods; Theatre; Dance; Traditional Sports; Famous People; Double Life. PRACTICALITIES: Accommodation; Arrival; Before the Journey; Beaches; Children in Thailand; Drugs; Electricity; Emergency; Etiquette and Customs; Festivals, Holidays and Events; Food and Drink; From Pineapple to Rambutan; Health; Information; Language; Literature; Massage; Media; Money; National Parks; Personal Safety; Post; Communications; Prices; Discounts; Road Traffic; Shopping; Sports and Outdoors; Paradise for Divers; Time and Date; Transport; Travellers with Disabilities; Weights and Measures; When to Go. TOURS: Tours of Thailand; Travelling in Thailand; Tour 1: Circuit of north-east Thailand; Tour 2: From Bangkok to Chiang Mai; Tour 3: From Chiang Mai to the A"Golden TriangleA"; Tour 4: From Bangkok to Phuket; Tour 5: From Pattaya to Trat. SIGHTS FROM A TO Z: Ang Thong; Ayutthaya; 3D: Wat Phra Si Sanphet; Ban Chiang; Bangkok; Bang Pa In; Buri Ram; Chaiya; Chanthaburi; Chiang Mai; Chiang Rai; Chiang Saen; Chom Tong; Chonburi; Chumphon; Fang; Hua Hin; Kamphaeng Phet; Kanchanaburi; The Death Railway to Burma; Khao Lak; Khao Phra Viharn; Khao Yai National Park; Khon Kaen; Ko Chang; Ko Lanta; Ko Pha Ngan; Ko Phi Phi; Ko Samet; Ko Samui; Ko Tao; Ko Tarutao; Krabi; Lampang'; Lamphun; Lopburi; Mae Hong Son; Monks Don't Beg;Nakhon Pathom; Nakhon Phanom; Nakhon Ratchasima; Nakhon Sawan; Nakhon Si Thammarat; Nan; Narathiwat; Nong Khai; Nonthaburi; Pathum Thani; Pattaya; The A"Old FloozyA" Gets Respectable; Phang Nga; Phattalung; Phayao; Phetchaburi; Phimai; 3D: Ruined City of Phimai; Phitsanulok; Phrae; Phuket; Phu Kradung National Park; Prachinburi; Prachuap Khirikhan; Ranong; Ratchaburi; Samut Prakan; Samut Sakhon; Saraburi; Sattahip; Si Satchanalai; Si Thep; Songkhla; Sukhothai; King for the People; Suratthani; Surin; Heraldic Beasts on Safari; Tak; Trat; Ubon Ratchathani; Udon Thani; U Thong; Uttaradit; Yala; Yasothon. Index; Photo credits; List of maps and illustrations; Publishers information.

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