Khao San

Dung went down to Khao San Road with Julie to check out the scene. Khao San is the big backpacker street. Everybody traveling around Thailand and the region on a very limited budget usually ends up staying around here. When I backpacked through you could get a small room with a bed for $2/night, lots of cheap restaurants where you could get some food and watch a movie, small bars tucked down alleyways and lots of shops that would sell tapes, books, clothes and travel equipment. It was a good place to rest and reequip during your journeys in SE Asia. These days it's a bit more grown up from what I heard, there's even a Starbucks on the strip.