The Definitive Guide to a trip to Bangkok
Map of 17th-century Bangkok, from Simon de la Loubère's Du Royaume de Siam The history of Bangkok dates no less than back again towards the early 15th century, to when it had been a village to the west lender in the Chao Phraya River, underneath the rule of Ayutthaya.[nine] due to its strategic area close to the mouth in the river, the town progre