We arrived Bangkok in the evening and the first thing we did after arriving at the Airport was to look for a bus that could take us to Khao San Road. Khao San Road is basically THE place to look for cheap accommodations for budget tourists like us and we had to get one that night, as we didn’t make any bookings for the 2 nights there. I was a little panicky myself when I found that out. I didn’t want to sleep on the street especially in a place I knew nothing about. I guess the reason why we did that because we were sure we would get rooms easily. And so we looked at several places and finally found one room available for the girls at one hostel and another room for the guys at another hostel. It’s not ideal but it was the best we could do. I don’t know if this is normal practice in Khao San road but apparently you can ask to look at the rooms first before you decide.
Khao San road was very happening that night. It was 31 October and people were celebrating Halloween. The streets were lit up, the bars and pubs offered deals to passers by, people were out and about wearing fancy Halloween costumes and there were many street performances too. And another good thing about Khao San road is the abundance of street carts lining up and selling street food. We had pad thai (Thai fried noodles), pancakes...I remember having banana and chocolate pancake, and I don’t remember what else we had that night but I do remember we stuffed ourselves with a lot of yummy but unhealthy food...not that I'm complaining :-). Then we spent the night walking and enjoying the atmosphere before eventually went back to the hostel and rested.
Travel tips:
1. The bus ride from Airport to Khao San (Route A2) takes about 60-90 minutes depending on traffic, as Bangkok can get very congested at times. The cost is about 100-150 Thai Baht per person.
2. I can’t give you much tips on accommodations in Khao San road as we didn't make any bookings in advance. We walked in and paid cash. We paid around 600-900 Thai Baht per person per night (this was 3 years ago). The good thing about walking in is you can have a look at the room before hand so you know exactly what you're paying for. There is a site that you may find useful (Travelfish.org) but I haven’t used it myself so I can’t say much on it either. If you have used it, please let me know if it’s a good site.
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