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Little India

Between Chinatown and the river is an ethnic neighbourhood, a small part of a big city that you seldom hear much about. It's mentioned in guidebooks but typically gets no more than a few paragraphs. The Thais call it Pahurat. Westerners know it as Little India.

Before picking up my weekly supplies on Yaowarat Road, I walked beyond bustling Chinatown to Little India where I spent a couple of hours exploring the back alleys of a distinctive neighbourhood highlighted on few maps. Not once was I asked to buy a suit, nor was I told that I am a lucky man. The one time someone said something to me, I was offered the use of a turban.

Welcome to a small part of Bangkok that few make it to, welcome to Little India.


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