The best way to explore a new city is to connect with the people who live in it. Join jetsetting presenters Toby Amies and Asha Gill on a radical urban adventure as they plug into city after city with the help of its most colourful and clued-in residents. Bangkok An Asian supercapital, a labyrinth, and a traffic jam rolled into one, Bangkok is a mash of the contemporary and the traditional, the sacred and the profane. Traveller Toby Amies goes bush-whacking in the ultimate man-made jungle. He meets: Nym -- a fellow photographer who bears the scars of a day at the world's weirdest tattoo festival and discovers something unheard of in the klongs of the Chao Praya River Pariyakorn -- a Thai boxing promoter who unleashes her best female fighters on Toby and teaches him how to chill out with a good .45. Jumbo -- a Buddhist bon viveur who shows Toby just what can happen when you combine a rocket scientist and a tuk-tuk. Marko -- an emergency paramedic who takes Toby bodysnatching on the mean streets of Bangkok and places him at the mercy of man-eaters in a temple with a twist. Manit -- an artist who points the finger at rampant consumerism armed with nothing more than a shopping trolley and a loud suit. Andrew H -- a lifestyle magazine editor and roving gourmet who takes Toby hunting and gathering Bangkok-style.

• published: 02 May 2012
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