Weekend Trip: Charoenkrung is Bangkok’s newest cool neighbourhood

With a clutch of bars located along a 20m stretch, Soi Nana is Bangkok’s best place for a grown-up bar crawl. ST PHOTO: CLARA LOCK
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BANGKOK – Like the many Singaporeans who throng sprawling Chatuchak Market, upscale shopping district Siam and wholesale Platinum Fashion Mall (hauling along empty luggage for their loot), I too cannot stay away from Bangkok for too long.

The public transport system feels familiar and I mentally convert baht to the Singapore dollar with ease. 

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