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Bangkok's Wireless Road: A Self-Guided Audio Tour

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Want to see Bangkok in a whole new light? Explore Wireless Road with local historian Paul Jorgensen. Starting and ending at the BTS Phloen Chit station, walk amid grand vistas, embassies and majestic trees of Bangkok’s most green neighborhood. Paul will put the sights that you pass into context of how Bangkok developed, what spirit houses say about Thai beliefs and why food and color matter to Thais. You’ll learn amazing stories behind seemingly ordinary things on Wireless Road: groups of motorcycle taxis, convenience stores, Hindu gods, the Thai flag, the number nine, and many more. Hundreds of people have loved the live version of this tour and now you can experience it with freedom of an GPS audio guide! Since the audio plays automatically at exactly the right time and place as you walk, you can start the tour in the VoiceMap app (which works offline), put your phone in your pocket and your earphones on, and walk at your own pace with Paul on Wireless Road.

  • VoiceMap Application
  • Lifetime access to the Explore Bangkok's Wireless Road tour
  • Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata
  • Not included: Smartphone
  • Not included: Transportation
  • Not included: Food/drinks
  • Not included: Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route

Before arrival, please install the VoiceMap mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart at any time and complete at your own pace. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.

Meeting and Pickup

  1. The tour takes you on a humor and culture filled walk beginning at the Phloen Chit station going down to Lumphini Park and back again. Start the tour in the app, put your phone in your pocket, and let your guide direct you through the streets. The total walking distance is approximately 2km and takes just under an hour without stopping, but you can pause anytime! The narration is crisply mastered by a professional audio engineering staff, and the tour integrates sound effects and music to create an engaging experience that is suitable for all ages that can wear ear buds. Key stories you’ll hear include: • How Radio Road, in Thai, got its Wireless Road namesake • Learn how to “read” Thai spirit houses on Wireless Road • The Hindu gods' role in why the buildings aren’t numbered sequentially • And many more!

  2. Hear how this shopping mall arose out of the grounds of the British Embassy.

  3. Entrepreneur Nai Lert is responsible for the wonderful rain trees that cover this neighborhood, and you'll hear their unique history.

  4. Become familiar with the "Green Mile" special pedestrian pathway that connects Lumpini and Benjakiti parks.

  5. Walk through a shrine to the Hindu god Trimurti.

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller Service animals allowed Public transportation options are available nearby Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap Suitable for all physical fitness levels

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