Khao San Rd Bangkok

Khao San Rd Bangkok

Ok, I know this is not a new place to most of you as anyone who has been to Thailand, the chances are you have either stayed here or come through it. Well Nothing here has changed, except that I would say it's busier and especially now there is more police presence, and even the military are here with sub machine guns, due to the bombings that went on in Bangkok on New Years Eve. Freshly squeezes orange juice is the rave at the moment. For less than and aussie dollar you can get a ice cold orange juice that was squeezed about an hour ago. The usual stall are here, with clothes, shoes, DVD's CD's etc... But I have noticed at night that have these portable bars. Cocktails, and mixers are cheaper than inside the cafe's and you can sit out in the street and drink and basically talk dribble and travel stories to the person who is next to you or anyone else who will listen.
Some things don't change. I arrived here yesterday evening and I noticed these three guys outside the toilets repairing the very very small hot water system for the shower. Its the size of a shoe box. This morning I get up and there are the same three guys still working on this shower system. I left my guest house at about 11.30am and you guessed it, they were all still there working on it. (To my indo friends, does that sound familier?)
Take this guy here who is running the internet cafe. You put 10 baht (which is a coin) about 35 cents into the slot next to the computer and you get 15 mins of Internet time. The guys is playing some sort of online game and when he gives you change he doesn't even look up to see who you are, he just passes the coins and doesn't miss a beat with his game. - Hmm Kids.
Anyway, thats me done and dusted for another one of Titch's Tours. Catch you all soon, and I'm outa here,
Cheers Titch