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Ratchadamnoen Stadium MAP GOOGLE MAP (Th Ratchadamnoen Nok; tickets 3rd class/2nd class/ring-
side 1000/1500/2000B; klorng boat to Tha Phan Fah, Phaya Thai exit 3 & taxi) host Thailand's
biggest moo·ay tai matches. Ratchadamnoen hosts the matches on Monday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Sunday at 6pm, while Lumpinee hosts matches on Tuesday and Friday at
6.30pm and Saturday at 4pm and 8.30pm.

Traditional Arts Performances

Sala Chalermkrung
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THEATRE

( 0 2222 0434; www.salachalermkrung.com ; 66 Th Charoen Krung; tickets 800-1200B; shows
7.30pm Thu & Fri; Tha Saphan Phut (Memorial Bridge), Hua Lamphong exit 1 & taxi) This art
deco Bangkok landmark, a former cinema dating to 1933, is one of the few remaining
places where kŏhn , masked dance-drama often depicting scenes from the Ramayana (the
Thai version of India's Ramayana ), can be witnessed.

National Theatre
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( 0 2224 1342; 2 Th Ratchini; tickets 60-100B; Tha Chang) Performances of kŏhn are held
here at 2pm on the first and second Sundays of the month from January to March and July
to September, and la ́ ·kon , Thai dance-dramas, are held at 2pm on the first and second
Sundays of the month from April to June and October to December.

THEATRE

Shopping
Bangkok is not the place for recovering shopaholics because the temptation to stray from
the path is overwhelming. The best of Bangkok's shopping centres line the BTS around
Siam Sq. Among your choices are the adjacent Siam Center MAP GOOGLE MAP (Th Phra Ram
I; 10am-9pm; Siam exit 1) and Siam Discovery Center MAP GOOGLE MAP (cnr Th Phra Ram I
& Th Phayathai; 10am-9pm; Siam exit 1) , both good places to pick up local clothing la-
bels, and everyman's MBK Center MAP GOOGLE MAP ( www.mbk-center.com ; cnr Th Phra Ram I &
Th Phayathai; 10am-10pm; National Stadium exit 4) , which is just a few air-conditioners
and escalators fancier than a street market.

Chatuchak Weekend Market
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MARKET