Thread: I've heard on the jungle drums that the Kho San Road has been cleared ...

Off street vendors! Can anyone confirm?

Yes. Its part of the clean up of Bangkok. They started with lower sukhumvit about a year ago and are spanning out from there. Went there once and never again...but the bacpackers love the place

Chitty this is really old news but because its quite topical.

As Bangkok cleans up, street vendors resist

https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/spe...vendors-resist

About time the place is a shithole.

It's just during the day. isn't it ? After dark, the "night people" emerge and it becomes once again as it was...??

Went the other day and it was rather nice walking down with a bit of space. Still got bothered by the Indian tailors and Laughing Gas was being openly advertised though. This was at 8ish. Was too drunk to take a second look later.

Originally Posted by cunningstunt

Went there once and never again...but the bacpackers love the place

Yes, it really makes you wonder what sort of idiot would go and stay in the area with his family when there are so many better options around.

Originally Posted by cyrille

Yes, it really makes you wonder what sort of idiot would go and stay in the area with his family when there are so many better options around.

each to their own.

Originally Posted by cyrille

there are so many better options around.

In Thailand?

What options would you choose in Bangkok for a family?

Originally Posted by armstrong

Went the other day and it was rather nice walking down with a bit of space. Still got bothered by the Indian tailors and Laughing Gas was being openly advertised though. This was at 8ish. Was too drunk to take a second look later.

Isn't BKK a fantastic city? Despite Khaosan being labeled a "shithole",...at least a westerner can be safely drunk-on-the-street, without fear of being found...face-down...in a gutter, the next morning. Try that in Manila...

Farang ghetto [and related] consciousness.

Over simplified and predictable image.

It's all some know.

Originally Posted by TuskegeeBen

Isn't BKK a fantastic city? Despite Khaosan being labeled a "shithole",...at least a westerner can be safely drunk-on-the-street, without fear of being found...face-down...in a gutter, the next morning. Try that in Manila...

Ben, when did it all go wrong for you in Manila?
What area in Manila?

Originally Posted by David48atTD

Ben, when did it all go wrong for you in Manila?

'Arrivals' at the airport probably?

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

'Arrivals' at the airport probably?

Or departures in Texas.

Fortunately, I cannot confirm.

Originally Posted by Neverna

I'm sure there's a recent news thread on the topic here on TD.

Here's the real story.

CNN) — When news broke this week that Bangkok was reportedly planning to clear the streets of its beloved street food vendors, outrage broke out among fans of the city's famously cheap eats as the story racked up global headlines.
It all started when the chief adviser to Bangkok's governor, Wanlop Suwandee, was quoted by English daily The Nation as saying the city is now "working to get rid of the street vendors from all 50 districts of Bangkok and return the pavements to the pedestrians. Yaowarat and Khao San Road will be our next goal in clearing out illegal vendors."
Cue the backtracking.
Or not, according to Wanlop, who now tells CNN he was misquoted.
"The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is not banning street food in Khao San and Yaowarat roads, it's the opposite," he says. "It is supporting street food by implementing hygienic measures and organizing traffic around the areas."
He did confirm the BMA has banned vendors on various walking paths, including those surrounding Siam Discovery, Siam Center and Silom.

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/bangkok-street-food-ban/index.html

Originally Posted by HuangLao

Farang ghetto [and related] consciousness.

Over simplified and predictable image.

It's all some know.

Voila! The forum stalker triad never fails to disappoint. Reeled in three trout, w/ a single-casting of the fly-bait. Indeed,...TuskegeeBen,...you've done it again...

Originally Posted by TuskegeeBen

Since the world-wide back-packer tourist crowd, seldom complains, either about the Khaosan Rd. accommodations

or the nite-life, I'm curious to know...exactly what...the OP is alluding to,...by "cleared";...of what,...specifically....????

Btw ~ In SE Asia, the "coconut-telegraph" system, is the equivalent term for the "jungle-drums". Cheers.

I nearly put grapevine but opted for jungle drums.

I like coconut telegraph

Originally Posted by Pragmatic

Here's the real story.

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/bangkok-street-food-ban/index.html

Thanks, for the clarification.

Originally Posted by Chittychangchang

I nearly put grapevine but opted for jungle drums.

I like coconut telegraph

Cheers

So they've got rid of unscrupulous old bints flogging reheated three-day-old chicken to unsuspecting pissed backpackers who then blame the galloping shits on the ice cubes.

No fucking loss whatsoever.

Nothing more amusing then to imbibe items from those who haven't a clue.....yet, pretend to nonetheless.

Carry on.