Thailand 13（ISBN=9781741791570）

    Nobody knows Thailand like Lonely Planet. Our 13th edition will have you soaking up the sun on the island paradises of the south, trekking among the hill tribes and riding elephants in Chiang Mai, discovering the ancient temples of Sukhothai and snapping up bargains or being pampered in a spa in Bangkok.
　　Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip.

    China Williams grew up in the pretty Southern town of Aiken, South Carolina, with romantic tales of her parent's past in California, the state of her birth, and their 1960s backpacking trip through Europe. Surrounded by this family lore and a name too strange for the Bible Belt, China was destined to leave her small town as soon as possible. Her first far-flung escape was to Germany through a high-school exchange program. She attended college in Annapolis, Maryland, a state below the fabled Mason-Dixon line but north of the sweet-iced tea line.
    After earning a degree in philosophy, she worked for a small geology magazine in Washington, DC, during Marion Barry's encore, post-prison mayoral tenure. Like a lot of gen-X-ers, China escaped to Asia to teach English in northeastern Thailand, an easy country to fall in love with. She backpacked through Southeast Asia as much of former Indochina was opening up to tourism. Returning to the United States, China settled in San Francisco, got married and worked as an editor with Lonely Planet. Later she became a freelance writer, commuting across the Pacific Ocean for twice yearly trips to Bangkok for various Lonely Planet assignments. She now lives in the subdued suburbs of Maryland with her husband and son.

On the Road
Traveller Highlights
　Destination Thailand
　Getting Started
　Events Calendar
　Itineraries
　History
　Thailand & You
　The Culture
　Arts
　Food & Drink
　Environment
　Bangkok
　　History
　　Orientation
　　Information
　　Dangers & Annoyances
　　Sights
　　Activities
　　Walking Tours
　　Courses
　　Bangkok for Children
　　Tours
　　Festivals & Events
　　Sleeping
　　Eating
　　Drinking
　　Entertainment
　　Shopping
　　Getting There & Away
　　Getting Around
　　AROUND BANGKOK
　　Floating Markets
　　Nakhon Pathom
　Central Thailand
　　AYUTHAYA PROVINCE
　　Ayuthaya
　　Around Ayuthaya
　　LOPBURI PROVINCE
　　Lopburi
　　KANCHANABURI
　　PROVINCE
　　Kanchanaburi
　　Around Kanchanaburi
　　Thong Pha Phum
　　Sangkhlaburi
　　Around Sangkhlaburi
　Southeastern Thailand
　　CHONBURI PROVINCE
　　　Si Racha
　　　Ko Si Chang
　　　Pattaya
　　RAYONG PROVINCE
　　　Rayong
　　　Ban Phe
　　　Around Rayong & Ban Phe
　　　Ko Samet
　　CHANTHABURI PROVINCE
　　　Chanthaburi
　　TRAT PROVINCE
　　　Trat
　　　Around Trat
　　　Hat Lek to Cambodia
　　　Ko Chang
　　　Around Ko Chang
　　PRACHINBURI & SA KAEW PROVINCES
　　　Prachinburi
　　　Around Prachinburi
　　　Thap Lan & Pang Sida
　　　National Parks
　　　Aranya Prathet
　Chiang Mai Province
　　CHIANG MAI
　　　History
　　　Orientation
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