Tour Bangkok Legacies new discoveries of old treasures eBook Eric Lim
Download As PDF : Tour Bangkok Legacies new discoveries of old treasures eBook Eric Lim 
Tour Bangkok Legacies is an e-guide book, a do-it-yourself travel guide complete with background information on people, places, maps and directions to help independent travelers discover places off the usual tourist circuit and see the city from a different perspective.
Visit old temples and shrines with beautiful murals or architecture, connections with a famous deity, personality or a ghostly legend. Admire the architecture of century-old churches that are a legacy of the early Christian missionaries.
Stroll through quaint museums set up by dedicated individuals determined to preserve the heritage of their art and way of life of their communities in days gone by. Marvel at the traditional craftsmen and women committed to preserve their craft for the sheer labor of love, not for fame or fortune but for posterity.
Discover off the beaten track places that you wouldn’t believe are in Bangkok; a coastal mangrove strip, an old canal where the old can still co-exist with the new, old communities that have reinvented themselves.
Explore the cultural treasures as you walk through the city at your own time and pace. Discard the stereotyped view and see a different side of the city in an enriching journey for the first and the every time you travel to Bangkok.
Tour Bangkok Legacies new discoveries of old treasures eBook Eric Lim
My Bangkok Story by Eric LimFirst let me share that the author asked me to be the first person to buy his book and review it for all of you. It is a pleasure as an experienced book reviewer on Amazon and other social networking sites to give you an overview of this book.
Back in 1966, news of a missing American from Bangkok on holiday in the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia hit the headlines. He disappeared without a trace and was never found. Back then, the name Jim Thompson meant little to me. Still that incident led to Eric Lim's journey to Bangkok. Right then I knew this was a book I wanted to read because of the compassion and passion that Eric had to find out more about what really happened. True stories area always a type of book most readers enjoy.
Eric Lim first arrived in Thailand in 1985, he was not sure where to live or what to do but had an intuitive notion to be there. In the 1990s as a visitor a Thai friend drove him around the city and we passed the Democracy Monument. As the trauma of Black Sept 1992 fresh into his being, he knew it was destiny to find out more. "So many people have died here. Why don't we learn from history?"
Finally in 2003 he met his dream by living in Thailand to learn about the landmarks in the city and the landmarks in Thai history. Thailand was never colonized and Eric Lim has often wondered how this European architecture ended up there? He wanted to learn about the monument and who and what it was for.
My research and travels have helped me to uncover the historical and cultural treasure. Eric Lim had no idea he would write a book about it. Eric Lim wants to share with you as he journeyed into a world that you may treasure as he has. This book and what he learned began Eric Lim's own website for the "Tour Bangkok Legacies" for all of the reader who wish to adventure into a world shared by my firsthand knowledge. © 2014 Jackie Paulson
Product details
|
Tags : Buy Tour Bangkok Legacies: new discoveries of old treasures: Read 3 Books Reviews - Amazon.com,ebook,Eric Lim,Tour Bangkok Legacies: new discoveries of old treasures,Travel Asia Southeast,Travel Museums, Tours, Points of Interest
People also read other books :
- The College Alternative A Path to SelfSufficiency eBook Theodore R Smith
- Her Daddy and Her Master Katie Douglas 9781542470094 Books
- The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Grahame 9781784284275 Books
- Kings queens and pawns; an American woman at the front Mary Roberts Rinehart 9781176753464 Books
- The Ourang Medan Conjuring a Ghost Ship edition by Alexander Butziger Religion Spirituality eBooks
Tour Bangkok Legacies new discoveries of old treasures eBook Eric Lim Reviews
Eric Lim displays the knowledge of this great city that can only come from exploring every nook and cranny of its labyrinthine lanes and conveying his discoveries in infectious prose that compels the reader to set off on his own explorations of the city, even if only from his armchair. He has ferreted out little-known lore and his enthusiasm in relating them is one of the delights of this book. These are sites that will be found on few tour itineraries and, as such, he adds another dimension to a Bangkok visit. A good, and most importantly, useful read..
I’d lived for years in Bangkok and walked through many of its neighborhoods. I thought I knew the city, until I picked up Eric Lim’s Tour Bangkok Legacies. Now I’m reading as fast as I can, realizing how much new territory I have to explore in a city that has so much that I’ve yet to see.
Few people know Bangkok as well as Mr Lim does. He has learned to speak Thai fluently, has steeped himself in its history, and has made it his life’s work to cover every inch of Thailand’s capital city. Generously and skillfully, he has shared what he’s learned so far in a book that is informative and fun to read too.
From its birth out of the ashes of the sacked city of Ayutthaya through the turbulent centuries that followed, Mr. Lim chronicles the growth of a city he clearly loves, while tracking down surviving remnants of the history that has shaped it.
Beginning with the Chinese village that was displaced when Thailand’s king moved his seat of power to the banks of the Chao Phraya River, Mr. Lim takes us to its modern day site that is now Chinatown. This confusing and mesmerizing part of Bangkok isn’t just its oldest neighborhood—it is the one in which strangers are absolutely guaranteed to get lost. Fortunately, with this book travelers can find their way through the labyrinthine lanes or soi to find markets, temples, shrines, and food, as well as the history that is the underpinning of it all. Scrupulous directions lead the way, along with information that links this area to the present day. I’ve spent a lot of time in this area, but never under the guidance of Eric Lim. Soon, very soon…
Bangkok’s temples are dazzling, but the stories behind them and the murals within add a dimension that casual sightseers may miss. Mr. Lim provides the background and the knowledge that fleshes out the time spent in the city’s wats—and churches too, of which there are a surprising number, each one conveying a fascinating history.
Museums of all kinds abound in Bangkok, from the famous to the idiosyncratic. They’re as hidden as they are numerous, but with this book anybody can find the one that suits them best. Dolls? Stamps? Or a collection of Thai houses, each containing the tools and crafts of a bygone time?
Perhaps my favorite part is the section on contemporary Thai artists and craftsmen. Mr. Lim has found bamboo flute-makers, artists who create traditional Thai masks for classical performances, bronzesmiths, and a man who carves soap into flowers, fruit, and mythical creatures.
He ends with journeys to the farthest corners of the city he loves, going to Bangkok’s only seafront, an ancient market that now sells art, and the city’s newest floating market whose customer base contains few foreigners—or at least not until readers of this book arrive. The final adventure is a trip on a city canal that is still part of its past, another facet of Bangkok that I can’t wait to explore.
Bangkok often gets a bad rap from tourists who never get beyond the over-touted areas. With this guidebook in hand, travelers can discover the heart of one of Asia’s most entrancing cities—and residents can find places they never dreamed had existed.
Eric Lim continues his discoveries on his website http//www.tour-bangkok-legacies.com/
He also publishes an e-zine called Bangkok Travelbug which can be found here http//www.tour-bangkok-legacies.com/bangkok-travelbug.html
My Bangkok Story by Eric Lim
First let me share that the author asked me to be the first person to buy his book and review it for all of you. It is a pleasure as an experienced book reviewer on and other social networking sites to give you an overview of this book.
Back in 1966, news of a missing American from Bangkok on holiday in the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia hit the headlines. He disappeared without a trace and was never found. Back then, the name Jim Thompson meant little to me. Still that incident led to Eric Lim's journey to Bangkok. Right then I knew this was a book I wanted to read because of the compassion and passion that Eric had to find out more about what really happened. True stories area always a type of book most readers enjoy.
Eric Lim first arrived in Thailand in 1985, he was not sure where to live or what to do but had an intuitive notion to be there. In the 1990s as a visitor a Thai friend drove him around the city and we passed the Democracy Monument. As the trauma of Black Sept 1992 fresh into his being, he knew it was destiny to find out more. "So many people have died here. Why don't we learn from history?"
Finally in 2003 he met his dream by living in Thailand to learn about the landmarks in the city and the landmarks in Thai history. Thailand was never colonized and Eric Lim has often wondered how this European architecture ended up there? He wanted to learn about the monument and who and what it was for.
My research and travels have helped me to uncover the historical and cultural treasure. Eric Lim had no idea he would write a book about it. Eric Lim wants to share with you as he journeyed into a world that you may treasure as he has. This book and what he learned began Eric Lim's own website for the "Tour Bangkok Legacies" for all of the reader who wish to adventure into a world shared by my firsthand knowledge. © 2014 Jackie Paulson
0 Response to "[X1V]≡ [PDF] Free Tour Bangkok Legacies new discoveries of old treasures eBook Eric Lim"
Post a Comment