Map of Bangkok: Soi Rambutri, Thailand

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Accommodation 6: Vieng Tai Hotel 7: Four Sons Inn 17: Krista Massage and dorm rooms 19: Marco Polo Hostel 20: Nat Guest House 21: Cherry's Laundry and Guest House 23: Tub Tim Bed and Breakfast 25: Au Thong Restaurant and Guest House	Eat and Meet 4: Dali Bar 8: Cool Corner Restaurant and Bar 9: Muslim Restaurant 11: Swensens 12: The Pizza Company 15: Molly's Bar and Restaurant 16: Sheva Spa 18: Susies Pub 22: Rodeo Restaurant 24: Barlamphu	Attractions and Activities No entries
Transport No entries	Vital Information No entries	Other 1: 7-eleven 2: Internet cafe 3: Dentist 5: Travel Agencies 10: 7 - eleven 13: Pharmacy 14: Book Store 26: Petrol Station

Travelfish on Khao San Road

Despite it being one of the least Thai-like places in the kingdom, the vast majority of Bangkok's independent travellers head straight into neon-lit, pumping and thumping Khao San Road to find a room. It's a backpacker ghetto of Disneyesque proportions, originally projected into fame by pot-smoking hippies ambling their way along the four Ks of Kabul, Katmandu, KSR and Kuta. Despite its complete transformation since then, it has stayed alive in traveller imaginations due in no short part to Leonardo DiCaprio and his role in the rather lacklustre film The Beach.

Situated in the heart of Bangkok on the northern edge of Ko Rattanakosin, Bangkok's Old City, Khao San is a hub of somewhat crazed activity. It's home to budget guesthouses rubbing shoulders with new, brashly upmarket hotels, dusty silvershops, stalls selling fisherman's pants and compasses, pad thai vendors, a fastfood joint or two and the occasional elephant. ... read more about Khao San Road on Travelfish