Secret Bangkok Guide : A guide to the unusual and unfamiliar

Let Secret Bangkok guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Bangkok guide book and let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures of this amazing city.

Ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.

Only in a city with as much to offer as Thailand's City of Angels could a temple boasting a million Buddhas have remained overlooked by visitors.Bangkok is regularly listed as the number one city destination in the world yet take time to scratch just a little below the surface and you'll find stunning and intriguing (and sometimes downright bizarre) spots that remain virtually unknown to outsiders ... and often to the citizens themselves.Frequent residents Narina Exelby and Mark Eveleigh spent over a year hunting down some of the city's most captivating secret spots - many of which even experienced local guides had never heard of.

Discover where people offer bacon and eggs to tiger temple guardiansExperience a temple with elaborate effigies of David Beckham, Donald Duck and PopeyeExplore a lair of giant monitor lizardsGain merit by sponsoring a coffinDecipher, from a tree trunk, the winning lottery numbers offered by a beautiful female ghostMeet a unique community of outlaw flute-playersEat a communal vegetarian breakfast with Bangkok's Sikh communityLearn about the traditional Thai pastime of 'baldy-butting' 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.