Although it is off the beaten tourist track, Pratunam district is worth a brief visit.
The lively and coloful
Phatunam Market is a vast maze of stalls, stores and workshops,
trading mostly in everyday goods such as fresh produce and clothing.
Just west of the market is the Modernist Baiyoke Tower, wich reigned briefly as
the tallest building in Bangkok from 1987 until 1995.
Despite evidence of settling in the surrounding ground, permission was granted for construction
of the adjacent Baiyoke Tower II, which will have twice as many stories
