Most people visit Bangkok and think they've seen it. They've seen the postcard version. The temples, the rooftop bars, the malls on Sukhumvit. That's a real city, just not the one the people who actually live here inhabit.

Erick Prince has been to 95 countries and lived in 11. He's based in Bangkok now, and this is his list of the places that will teach you something a standard itinerary won't. Not highlights. Not hidden gems in the Instagram sense. Ten spots that reveal how the city actually thinks, eats, parties, and reinvents itself.

Ready to meet the Bangkok the locals don't always tell you about?