On 27 Nov 2005 21:00:13 -0800, "Tchiowa" wrote:


Nefarious wrote:
On 27 Nov 2005 02:05:48 -0800, "Tchiowa" wrote:


If the original poster takes nothing else from this thread I hope he
takes the simply advice to avoid Khao San Road like the plague. You
couldn't find a worse area in Bangkok.

Everything you see or hear wrong about backpackers and foreign
travellers is on display there. No one in his right mind goes there.


Then why is it becoming a hot spot for young and trendy Thai people
looking for a night out?

It's not.

Did you not just post that you have not been near the place in years?

Places tend to change .

Many young Thai people now hang out in Khao San Road area , and there
are some trendy spots.



Were you able to see past all the street stalls and fake ID's or do
you have a very narrow range of vision?

And past the drug dealers, the $2 a night cockroach infested guest
houses, the farang drunks staggering down the street, the scammers
trying to rip of the drunk farangs, the police looking for visa
over-stayers, that "range of vision"?


Yes, I agree that years ago Khao San was a cesspit.

But in the last few years it has changed substantially .

You may want to pass by again and have a look.
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