Ron Emmons taught English in Africa and the Americas before moving to Thailand, where he now works as a freelance writer/photographer. He is the author and photographer of Portrait of Thailand and Walks Along the Thames Path (New Holland, U.K.), as well as the writer of Top Ten Bangkok (Dorling Kindersley, U.K.) and Spiral Guide to the Dominican Republic (Automobile Association, U.K.). Ron has also made major contributions to several other guidebooks, such as the Rough Guide to Vietnam and National Geographic Traveler Vietnam.

1 THE BEST OF THAILAND 1 2 THAILAND IN DEPTH 9 3 SUGGESTED ITINERARIES IN THAILAND 35 4 ACTIVE TRIP PLANNER 48 5 SETTLING INTO BANGKOK 58 6 EXPLORING BANGKOK 102 7 THE EASTERN SEABOARD 134 8 SOUTHERN PENINSULA: THE EAST COAST & ISLANDS 158 9 SOUTHERN PENINSULA: THE WEST COAST & ISLANDS 212 10 CENTRAL THAILAND 264 11 CHIANG MAI 288 12 EXPLORING THE NORTHERN HILLS 325 13 EXPLORING ISAN: THAILAND'S FRONTIER 357 14 PLANNING YOUR TRIP TO THAILAND 369 15 USEFUL TERMS & PHRASES 390 Index 395