hburns wrote: ↑Wed Aug 08, 2018 7:47 pm

man thats fucked up, Khao San Road is the first go-to places when visiting Thailand as a traveller, such a shame

rules is rules and give em an inch they will take a yard.

also,spot the thai!
bloody farang everywhere.

ive just downloaded the beach.not seen it for years

Yeah it is. Hopefully it's only temporary. Admittedly, they don't need 100 pad Thai stalls but removing everything will surely kill the atmosphere of the place.

Still remember the first time i ever came to Asia, had nothing pre-booked just rocked up at Bangkok with just a 30 litre rucksack, got a Taxi to Khao San Rd found a room for the night at some random guesthouse then went out to shock the senses

My Thai friends in Bangkok used to like drinking around there, some cool bars in some streets near by, not been for years now though, avoid Bangkok like the plague

The whole street is just shite and I think it's a wonderful idea to get rid of some of these stalls.
Does anybody really buy these terrible shirts, greasy pad thai or other junk.
Area around it is ok with some nice live music venues on phra artith and good restaurants.

it was ok in the late 80s early 90s but its a bit old hat now.

Horrible area.

Id rather the darkside for cheap satos.

Only real locals know what im on bout.

Kindda strange, lived here 14 years now never been to Khaosan not even driven into it. Guess I missed the real Khaosan now that it had been cleansed.

Me and my pal stayed in the heart of the road 2 months ago for a long weekend to watch our team play football, on the piss streetside watching the circus. Really enjoyed the bar scene, very friendly and obviously totally commercialised from when i first went there 25 years ago. To be honest the pavement businesses didn't add anything unless you're fresh of the plane, however I thought the behaviour of the youngsters was pretty disgusting is a Siem Reap pub street kind of way. I nearly filled in 2 people and I'm a placid guy.