Thailand's Nastiest Niffs

[The Gentleman Scamp]

My vote is really a stalemate between stale rice and hot raw market meat.

[Wolfie]

Drains for me, all that... yuck, no further comment

[RamdomChances]

Should of had boiled frogs on there, I hate the smell of them.

But since you did'nt I went for drains

[Stocky]

I went for drains as smelly backpacker wasn't on the menu.

[stumonster]

Even a good dose of rainwater does not seem to clean the drains in thailand.

[Jeff1]

I had to go with the raw meat in the humid heat . NOTHING is worse than seeing that with all the fly's sucking on a big slab of , whatever . make's my skin crawl .

Some of the drains are rather nasty but I hold my nose and run quickly . What I find disturbing is that someone will set up a food stall right over it !

[thaiflyer1]

I went for drains as smelly backpacker wasn't on the menu.

What about that rotten fish the essarn girls put in their Som Tam.........Bpla Rah (ปลาร้า)

[appleman_thai]

deep fried insects............they stink for miles and make me wretch every time. Also brings back bad memories of what you can do when you are drunk...........although the grasshoppers were alrigth!

[Darknight]

couldn't vote as there was no :

Dead dog on the side of the road

option. Real nice when you drive a moterbike.

[The Gentleman Scamp]

couldn't vote as there was no :

Dead dog on the side of the road

option. Real nice when you drive a moterbike.

Do you pull over, get off your bike and bend down to have a good sniff then?

[Darknight]

not really scampi as you can smell it 200 meters away

[The Gentleman Scamp]

not really scampi as you can smell it 200 meters away

How come?

Did it have all like maggots and stuff?

[lamphun]

Drains in the durian season.

What happened to Bill Clintons dress. Has it been sent to the cleaners ?

[Stocky]

What happened to Bill Clintons dress. Has it been sent to the cleaners ?

What did you expect!

It's probably being torn to shreds by all those overly earnest students in the Bear Pit right now.

I like the smell of Durian, one of the few smells that masks the smell of the drains

[NoAjarn]

got to be the raw meat, although i was in cambodia last week and i was surrounded by backpackers, that certainly brought back memories of bkk drains, wot i dont understand is how these backpackers cant find room for basics like soap and shampoo in their massive rucksacks they carry around, and the idiot backpacker that was next to me at the immigration, if u cant spell kao san rd as ur next destination and have to scream it out to everybody, just put in "bkk"

[huski]

wot i dont understand is how these backpackers cant find room for basics like soap and shampoo in their massive rucksacks they carry around, and the idiot backpacker that was next to me at the immigration, if u cant spell kao san rd as ur next destination and have to scream it out to everybody, just put in "bkk"

[igotworms]

The poop and the garbage running through the drains has no match. Splattered Soi Dog is ###### near close though. Worst smelling town: Hatyai. Open drainage baby.

Just thought of another wretched smell: the 20 year old frying pan oil bubbling in various vendor's mobile cooking carts....that stuff has the capacity to level 5 square blocks....instant gag factor. Take a walk through the alley/soi across from Lee Gardens Shopping Center in Hat Yai. The first cart on the right brings instant tears to my eyes.

[RDN]

I think the worst vapour - not "smell", as it is often odourless - is the vapour that comes from some stalls (noticeably Sukhumvit Road, bkk) that is simply very hot cooking oil with chilli. You can't breath, it stings your eyes, and makes you choke. If you cough and breath in, you are done for! I'd rather have an open drain than that mixture.

[The Gentleman Scamp]

I think the worst vapour - not "smell", as it is often odourless - is the vapour that comes from some stalls (noticeably Sukhumvit Road, bkk) that is simply very hot cooking oil with chilli. You can't breath, it stings your eyes, and makes you choke. If you cough and breath in, you are done for! I'd rather have an open drain than that mixture.

Yeah, that ones got me a few times, it's like having acid sprayed into your eyes.

[astral]

Drains for me, all that... yuck, no further comment

That got my vote too.

Outside Robinson's in Sri Racha....................

It is wonder that anyone will venture in the store.

[The Gentleman Scamp]

NINGS FARTS!

[otherstuff1957]

This isn't really a bad smell - but if anyone wants to be peppersprayed, ust swing by my apartment around dinnertime when my wife throws those chilis into the wok

[donna]

I have to agree with Stocky there and go with the smelly backpackers.

Do smelly dreadlocks fit in anywhere?

[Insight]

Drains, gotta be. One of the first things I noticed about Bangkok when I arrived.

Lots more here to take your attention away tho