Khaosan Road Bangkok Thailand

Khaosan road in Bangkok is known for its relatively cheap guesthouses, bars & restaurants with constant new release movies, night clubs and numerous travel agents. Over the years Khaosan Road has become more and more commercialized attracting not only the foreign backpackers but also the younger Thai generation, who love to meet and make friends with the foreign tourists.
During the day and night (till 1am) Khaosan Road is lined up both sides with stalls selling food ,clothing, accessories, shoes, paintings, handicrafts, handmade goods and more. There are many camera shops developing photos or copying your photos to cd. They also offer a service of transferring your photos from a normal film camera to cd.

Copied Music CD's are also available in khaosan road with a huge variety of music cd's from all genres available. Be sure to make the person selling the CD play the one you buy as it is not unusual for them to make mistakes. Cheap copied software is also available in khaosan road. Yet again be sure to test this software before you leave. A better place for software or hardware in bangkok is pantip plaza in phetcha buri road.
There are also many very good Tailors in khaosan road who can make a suit or a dress for reasonable prices.

Very cheap internet access at Internet cafes are also available in khaosan road. They usually offer printing and cd copying too. If you are traveling with a laptop you can ask to plug in to there network to use the internet from your own laptop, although not all will allow this.

You can also get your hair done up in khaosan. For a few years Thai's have been setting up hair dreading, plating or hair extension stalls and these are very popular with tourists. The cost of dreading your hair in khaosan is much less than having it done anywhere else.

Thai artists also work on khaosan road offering caricature painting on the spot for 59 baht. Prices for accessories like candles, leather goods and clothing in khaosan road are usually slightly higher than at the weekend market or pratunam market.

The great advantage that keeps attracting tourists to khaosan road is not only the entertainment but also the fact that you can very easilybook your next trip for anywhere in Thailand or abroad at very competitive prices. Transport leaves from close to khaosan or a minivan takes you to the departure point. Due to the high volume of people traveling from khaosan road prices remains relatively cheap.

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