Khao San road – 5 reasons not to visit
I have been living in Bangkok for well over a year now on and off and the first thing I tell people is not to go visit Khao San Road.
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I was there only a few days ago and I will admit I had a good time. I met a few friends who were here on holiday for a stag duo and it was fun, well they were fun. The actually street of Khao San Road was a fucking shithole full of kunty young trashpackers annoying me. Although I did have a good time there, it was because of the people I was with, I mean you can have a fun few hours in prison when you’re with the right people, but that doesn’t mean you want to fucking be there.
All tourist books recommend going to Khao San Road, well yeah maybe 10 or 15 years ago, but now there are 101 other places in Bangkok which are much better. Anyway here are my 4 reasons not to visit. Feel free to add your own in the comments
To many farang girls, and not enough Thai chicks
Pasty white farang girls or overweight white chicks, hmm no thanks Jeff! Although Khao San Road does have quite a few Thai girls but not as many as other places such as RCA or Sukhumvit. But hey if you’re into white girls, it may just be heaven.
It’s full of lonely planet wankers
I’ll admit that I am a wanker too, but I am wanker with a bit more class. I remember walking on Khao San and within seconds I was getting nudged by tons of trashpackers in the “hustle and bustle” as the guides call it. One kunt even nudged me on purpose, the funny thing was I could of put him down faster than dog with a broken leg, but I decided to let it go (see more class).
I keep walking and I see girls wearing tye and dye pants, guys in Chaing singlets drinking beer as they walk along while trying to grow some stupid facial hair that looks more like hipster bum fluff. I have not even been here two minutes and I am already annoyed at everything.
Getting bombarded by tuk tuk and taxi drivers
I got all the love in the world for a soapy massage or a happy ending massage, but I don’t need to be pestered by annoying tuk tuk drivers who get a huge commission for taking me. I am like:
“Hey brah, I run a borderline sex pat blog, does it like I need to be told where to go to get those services?”
What is it with people backpacking that they immediately all start looking and dressing alike? Tie died clothes fisherman pants and “Oh my God” dont mention the “Apocolypse Now” Bandanas and the facial hair and that’s just the women! Clueless sheep doing the stereotypical look at me I’m not wearing My McDonalds uniform anymore I’m free athough I’m now a slave to fitting in with 70’s throwbacks that think cliche traveller look is hip,Get a life Tracey & Steve from Dagenham and an imagination of your own. Rant Over!
Hehe, yes Woddy you nailed it.
What’s with all these under-endowed jerkoff British nitwits with Asian fetishes who actively decide to spend their time with these sub-humans filthy Asians?
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Hey man,you’ve got Khao San nailed.i stay off samsen,15mins away,go there get my smokes and watch the farang zoo.seen the white biches half dressed and loaded and,often FAT.funny how many of them run down Thai chicks in a rude rotten way by calling them no more than hookers.well,western pooying take your fucking house etc,they are the real hookers but,only high price,not high service! My main problem is,the new and rather unusual visa rules.i have spent lots of baht in Thailand over 39yrs,never worked there and now,looks like my bucks are’nt wanted.
Thanks Jim. I guess only time will tell about the visa situation.
Haha geez… Mr. Author, you must be one narrow sighted motherfucker, i hope i never get to meet you since i hate cunts like you
You kind of just proved my point Eddie mate.
Nailed it! Khao San is so full of wankers. I’m here at the moment and when I used my manners (just hello and thankyou mostly) in thai the thai girls were thankful there was at least one guy who wasn’t a prick trying to relax and have a beer.. I’m going back to the slums in the dusit district because the very few farangs there are more experienced travelers and the Thais who all though don’t speak a word of English are way more happier to see you there.. Oh and the taxis automatically put on the meter! And i don’t have to see 10 of the fuckers who are just there to rip of tourist (although a lot of them deserve it)
Totally agree with this, I got up early this morning to avoid the buffet breakfast mayhem with the young backpackers trying to get as much as possible for their money, then a walk down khao San road to see a group of young British flashpackers lying about the ground drunk and stinking with the police standing by keeping an eye on them, one guy sat up unshaven and eyes rolling around his head and they all seemed to think he was looking pretty cool, it’s the first time I’ve come back here in 7 or 8 years and it’s a big difference from the days of meeting interesting people who actually smiled as they walked along the road. Also noted the amount of Thais now going to check out the freak show that these young people have made themselves.
The real Khao San road sadly died when the youngsters started coming on mummy and daddy’s credit cards
I think you mean ‘cumming on mummy and daddy’s credit cards’?
This post is cringeworthy. As is your phony, wannabe persona.
This is exactly what I think about the teacher dicks that go to RCA and Sing Sing. It’s just another level up after Khao San. The best clubs are were no farang goes and are full of hi so thai girls.
Where do you go out Andy?
I couldn’t agree more 🙂
But, if it is your first visit to Bangkok than it will not harm you.
Maybe it is good, first thing to do is visit Wako San road. After that visit the riverside, take the boat taxi and get of at the Taksin bridge.
Walk to the Bts station and start enjoying 😉
I first stayed on KSR in 1992 and then a couple of other times in the mid 90s. Since then (older and wealthier) I stay in other areas. If my memory is right I remember it being pretty quiet and tame back then. There were a few fairly unhinged ageing hippies but mostly young Western backpackers. The road was much quieter than it is today and the bars and restaurants generally low key.
The big change is just the sheer number of backpackers, other tourists and foreigners in general in Bangkok. This has upped the intensity of the tourist areas and created a new phenomenon – locals going places like KSR to gawp at the crazy farang. You see the same thing on Bui Vien street in Ho Chi Minh City. It has become an absolute zoo – like KSR combined with Patpong/Soi Cowboy. Both are good fun in small doses though.