Bangkok Day by Day

Trying to keep up with all of the Thailand travel guides can be tricky. It seems like a new one pops up every week. Thailand keeps getting more and more popular every year for foreign tourists, so it’s only fitting that new guides are coming out more frequently. Despite the political tensions, I see tourism in Thailand continuing to grow stronger and stronger for many years to come.

As the number of farang visiting The Land of Smiles increases, the need for accurate and reliable travel books becomes more important. The more travel books I read for this blog, the more I cherish what makes each book unique just as much as what “required” information each one contains.

I stumbled across Frommer’s Bangkok Day by Day while perusing the travel section of my local book store. It’s a relatively unassuming book considering it’s size (it’s small compared to most), but don’t let the size fool you. It literally gives meaning to the phrase “Don’t judge a book by its cover.”

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When preparing for travel abroad, it’s almost a no-brainer nowadays to find a travel guide to help you plan your trip and find the hidden gems your destination has to offer. Getting some tips on culture and language (if applicable) is certainly a plus, too.

The competition for creating “the” travel guide has certainly heated up as well. As the Internet gets larger the world gets smaller, and it seems that many more people are traveling to The Land of Smiles for an exotic getaway. As more and more travel guides get created, finding the right one becomes more of a challenge.

Well, I’m here to help. I’ve been grabbing up all of the Thailand travel guides I can find, and I plan on reviewing them all to help you cut through the clutter. The first one I’m reviewing is the Insight Guides Thailand travel book. This is a big book as far as travel guides is concerned. Just over 400 pages of information with glossy pages and color photographs, the authors definitely did not skimp on content. The guide starts off with some generalized information about Thailand: history, culture, religion, the arts, weather, cuisine, etc., and it was then – only about 30 pages in – when the bad taste in my mouth started…
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Thailand (Culture Smart Book Series)

I have a disease. I don’t think there is a name for it in the medical journals, but I’m quite sure I’m not the only one who is afflicted. This disease only seems to manifest itself in music, office supply, and bookstores, so it’s no surprise that I had a symptom flareup during a recent trip to my local Barnes & Noble one night. I have come to affectionately call this disease “Too Many Books, Not Enough Time or Money Syndrome.” (TMBNETOMS for the acronymally-unhindered.)

So it will come as no surprise to tell you that I was hanging out in the bookstore recently and came across a little gem of a travel book about Thailand called Thailand – Culture Smart.

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