What happened to Khaosan Road?

[bob smith]

over the weekend I was in Bangkok visiting an old friend and he took me out for the day.

 

We landed at Khaosan road around 4pm.

 

for the first 2/3 hours it was OK,

the smell of weed was in the air and everyone was pretty chill.

 

then nighttime came.

 

the first big speakers were wheeled out in front of us and the music was deafening.

then next door did the same,

then the next bar,

and then next next.

until it was a complete mish mash of noise and blare. 

the music on offer was a horrendous mix of EDM and pop song remixes.

Laughing gas was being tooted right out of the cannister by almost everyone around us.

it was so loud we could no longer hold a coherent conversation over our beer and I could hardly hear myself think.

 

We lasted 20 minutes in that atmosphere before we got in a taxi and headed back to his place.

This was the first time I had been to khaosan road in years.

 

What has happened? is this chaos being organized by someone?

is there some kind of committee that meets up and allows this to happen?

 

i'm sure that many locals in that area are not happy with what is currently going on,

not to mention holidaymakers with hotel windows facing directly on to the road itself..

 

bob.

[Nick Carter icp]

Its a place for young people , not really a place where old people go  .

You are not  teenage backpacker anymore , you have grown up 

[bob smith]

Just now, Nick Carter icp said:

Its a place for young people , not really a place where old people go  .

You are not  teenage backpacker anymore , you have grown up 

I went to Khaosan road for the 1st time when I was a teenager and it definitely was nothing like that.

 

bob.

[Dolf]

I went once 20 years. Amazed how short the road was. I left soon after. Seemed like a dump.

[bob smith]

2 minutes ago, Dolf said:

I went once 20 years. Amazed how short the road was. I left soon after. Seemed like a dump.

I prefer the old 'dump' to what is currently on offer.

 

I wont be going again that's for sure.

 

bob.

[Nick Carter icp]

4 minutes ago, bob smith said:

I went to Khaosan road for the 1st time when I was a teenager and it definitely was nothing like that.

 

bob.

 

   I suppose that it was all fields back then when you were a teenager 

When was that ?

The 1950's ?

[Dolf]

1 minute ago, bob smith said:

I prefer the old 'dump' to what is currently on offer.

 

I wont be going again that's for sure.

 

bob.

Go to Ratchada soi 4

[bob smith]

4 minutes ago, Dolf said:

Go to Ratchada soi 4

what's there?

[bob smith]

5 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   I suppose that it was all fields back then when you were a teenager 

When was that ?

The 1950's ?

that is poor, even for you Mr. Carter.

 

bob.

[Dolf]

Just now, bob smith said:

what's there?

Nightlife

[Nick Carter icp]

7 minutes ago, bob smith said:

what's there?

 

   In between Ratchada soi 3 and Ratchada soi 5

[bob smith]

1 minute ago, Nick Carter icp said:

 

   In between Ratchada soi 3 and Ratchada soi 5

very poor.

 

bob.

[Dolf]

Hollywood Nightclub

 

[VinnieK]

KSR was cool back in the 90s

Then around 2000 the 'party animals' came, with their garbage music.

Been downhill ever since.

Nothing to do with being young or old.

Its good taste vs bad.

[2baht]

31 minutes ago, bob smith said:

What has happened?

I think they'd call that progress Bob.

[bob smith]

2 minutes ago, 2baht said:

I think they'd call that progress Bob.

more like regress. 

 

bob.

[2long]

Go to Rambuttri Alley, which runs parallel. It's like KSR used to be, and you can hear yourself think. 

[PJ71]

35 minutes ago, bob smith said:

I went to Khaosan road for the 1st time when I was a teenager and it definitely was nothing like that.

 

bob.

Why are you still here?

[2baht]

3 minutes ago, Dolf said:

Thai nightclubs Satango. Where the hotties go.

With the cool ear splitting rubbish they call music! Over that years AGO, Dolfo! How much is a hottie for the night these days???

[bob smith]

Just now, PJ71 said:

Why are you still here?

Because I have a valid visa.

 

bob.

[Enoon]

 

15 minutes ago, VinnieK said:

KSR was cool back in the 90s

Then around 2000 the 'party animals' came, with their garbage music.

Been downhill ever since.

Nothing to do with being young or old.

Its good taste vs bad.

 

The majority of every generation eventually says more or less the same things as you do.

 

They firmly confirm, as you do, that they belong to yesterday.

 

It's official.......you are old.

 

 

[Dolf]

Just now, 2baht said:

With the cool ear splitting rubbish they call music! Over that years AGO, Dolfo!

You never been in 32 years? Been living a sheltered life then.

[2baht]

Just now, PJ71 said:

Why are you still here?

Obviously NOT for KSR! 🤣

[PJ71]

1 minute ago, bob smith said:

Because I have a valid visa.

 

bob.

But you told us you were leaving, or this further BS like the majority of your posts?

[bob smith]

1 minute ago, PJ71 said:

But you told us you were leaving, or this further BS like the majority of your posts?

I will leave whenever I see fit.

 

I do not have to inform you of an exact date of my departure.

 

You are not an immigration officer.

 

bob.

[2baht]

Just now, PJ71 said:

But you told us you were leaving, or this further BS like the majority of your posts?

Keep them guessing, Bob! 

[PJ71]

1 minute ago, bob smith said:

I will leave whenever I see fit.

 

I do not have to inform you of an exact date of my departure.

 

You are not an immigration officer.

 

bob.

Then why come on here and tell everyone?

[PJ71]

1 minute ago, 2baht said:

Keep them guessing, Bob! 

Is Bob your partner?

[worgeordie]

Biggest surprize for me ...you actually have a friend ..

 

regards Worgeordie

[bob smith]

1 minute ago, worgeordie said:

Biggest surprize for me ...you actually have a friend ..

 

regards Worgeordie

Actually, I have two.

 

bob.