Wat Phra Kaew, also known as 'Temple of the Emerald Buddha'
The modern Asian metropolis at its steamy and exciting best.
Bangkok has dominated Thailand's urban hierarchy as well as its political, commercial and cultural life since the late 18th century. Distinctly modern and Westernised, Bangkok is still a sleepy Thai village with a louder soundtrack of traffic and nightlife.
Bangkok proper seethes on the east side of the Mae Nam Chao Phraya (Chao Phraya River), drawing rural Thai folk into its cluttered fold daily. The city is reportedly sinking at a rate of 5cm (2in) every year, but there's too much sànùk (a Thai sense of fun) going on for that to get anyone down.
Fresh and dried chillies in Bangkok market
Wat Saket (Temple of the Golden Mount) at dusk
Dancing during dinner at Sala Rim Naam restaurant, Oriental Hotel
Thai boxing, with fists and feet, at Sanam Muay Lumphini Boxing Stadium
Forest of signs and stream of traffic on Khao San Road
Wat Mahathat, temple and Buddhist university, offers free meditation lessons
Traders at one of Bangkok's many floating markets
Enormous gold 'modern style' Buddha, outside Wat Intharawihan
Detail of tuk-tuk , a three-wheeled motor-taxi
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