Like many travelers who have come before me, I chose to get reacquainted with Bangkok by heading straight for Khoasan Rd., the backpacker Mecca of South East Asia. With an abundant selection of affordable lodging, block after block of restaurants, bars, street vendors and cheap tour agencies, Khoasan provides an excellent home base from which to explore the city. It’s a transient place, where the Thai people mingle alongside hippies, backpackers, and an international twenty-thirty something set. The tightly packed five block area ebbs and flows against the backdrop of street peddlers, taxis, motorbikes and music infused with exotic sights, sounds and smells, some but not all of them pleasing to the senses. The flight from Dubai was a six hour red-eye, so I was happy to spend my first day recovering by the pool, catching
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