<p><br> A bartender at Banyan Tree Hotel’s 61st-floor, open-air Moon Bar sets up for another matchless night in Bangkok.</p>

Downtown Bangkok


A bartender at Banyan Tree Hotel’s 61st-floor, open-air Moon Bar sets up for another matchless night in Bangkok.

Photograph by Heimo Aga

A Taste of Bangkok

See Bangkok photos in this gallery from National Geographic’s Ultimate City Guide for Bangkok.

Published January 7, 2010

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