Khao San: Deathly quiet in the afternoon, busy in the evening - no one has applied for street permission to sell marijuana

[webfact]

Picture: INN

 

INN reported that Khao San road in Bangkok was quite busy with foreign tourists yesterday evening - the first day that the Thailand Pass and 2 am opening was in place. 

 

They reported that most foreign tourists were not wearing masks even though Thai visitors to the tourist street and vendors were wearing face coverings to protect themselves from Covid-19.

 

Meanwhile the director of Phra Nakhon district Wasan Bunmeunwai said that a contingent of police, military and tessakit officers were in the area to ensure that vendors in particular were behaving themselves.

 

So far 238 stalls have applied for licences to sell goods in the street. But not a single person has applied to the local authority to set up a stall selling marijuana or hemp products. 

 

Picture: INN

 

If anyone was seen doing so they would be turfed out.

 

He said that applications to sell marijuana would be considered but that in his personal opinion it was not an appropriate place to sell weed.

 

Wasan said this was because it is near temples and schools and he believed it could have an adverse affect on tourism .

 

He acknowledged that some people in the area wanted to turn Khao San into a "ganja hub" and that would need careful consideration. He reiterated that the Phra Nahon district would follow all laws as laid out.

 

Picture: INN

 

An ASEAN NOW reporter was in Khao San in mid-afternoon and found the area deathly quiet with just a few stalls set up selling food, souvenirs and hair braiding.

 

There was a smattering of foreign tourists, none with masks. A few Thai vendors had them under their chins. 

 

A man approached our reporter from the shadows and said: " Where are you from? You want marijuana?"

 

Picture: INN

 

A sign for a shop selling potent THC strains next to Rocco Bar - just yards from the Chana Songkram police station - was unmanned and deserted. 

 

A small table with a "Marijuana" sign on it was set up just around the corner next to a motorcycle taxi rank.

 

This too was unmanned. 

 

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[Burma Bill]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

most foreign tourists were not wearing masks

IMO, quite rightly so! It is no longer mandatory to wear face masks (as here in Cambodia) - it is personal choice and "up to you". There are going to be many more "mask-less" tourists pouring into Thailand over the coming months!

Edited July 2, 2022 by Burma Bill
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[hotchilli]

22 hours ago, webfact said:

They reported that most foreign tourists were not wearing masks even though Thai visitors to the tourist street and vendors were wearing face coverings to protect themselves from Covid-19.

For once Thais have more common sense than faangs.

[hotchilli]

22 hours ago, webfact said:

So far 238 stalls have applied for licences to sell goods in the street. But not a single person has applied to the local authority to set up a stall selling marijuana or hemp products. 

 

22 hours ago, webfact said:

He said that applications to sell marijuana would be considered but that in his personal opinion it was not an appropriate place to sell weed

Medicinal purposes only... not sprinkled on your noodles... makes perfect sense.

[KhunLA]

YouTube certainly paints a different picture than the above 'reports'.  And KSR has always been dead in the morning & afternoon.

 

Plenty of folks wearing and not wearing masks, before and after July 1st.

 

 

[KannikaP]

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

For once Thais have more common sense than faangs.

From the OP... A few Thai vendors had them under their chins. 

[KhunLA]

15 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

From the OP... A few Thai vendors had them under their chins. 

I notice about half that do wear them, wear them improperly, many going with the chin diaper look.  Sort of like riding a MB, with you helmet in the basket.????

 

On Topic .. since most are going to KSR to eat & drink, or stroll around while doing so, I certainly wouldn't expect to see many visitors masked up.

 

Are there still people that think wearing a mask in that environment, without proper goggles would actually do something ????

 

Ignorance is Bliss

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7882915/

Edited July 3, 2022 by KhunLA

[hotchilli]

19 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

From the OP... A few Thai vendors had them under their chins. 

It's the thought that counts.