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Forgive us for positing that Bangkok's Chinatown is something of an Asian El Dorado.
The neighbourhood's main artery, Th Yaowarat, is crowded with gold shops - sealed glass-
front buildings that look more like Chinese altars than downtown jewellers. Likewise, the
Buddha statue at Wat Traimit has more gold than you've likely ever seen in one place, and
the pencil-thin lanes that branch off Talat Mai are decked with gold-leaf-coated goods.
Throw in the blazing neon signs and smoky, open-air kitchens and you have an urban ex-
plorer's fantasy.
Chinatown
