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Khaosan Road during the daytime (2016) "Khaosan" translates as 'milled rice', an indication that in former times the street was a major Bangkok rice market. [1] However, according to historical documentary evidence from the time the road was first completed in the reign of Rama V, it was found that no one living here worked in the rice trade.
Ram Buttri Road or Soi Ram Buttri (Thai: ถนนรามบุตรี, ซอยรามบุตรี, also written as Rambuttri), is a small road, or soi (ซอย; alley), in Bangkok, Thailand. It is situated near Khaosan Road in the Bang Lamphu neighbourhood in the Phra Nakhon district. The road mainly consists of two parts.
Khaosan Road (or Khao Sarn Road) in Phra Nakhon district is a notable place to celebrate the event where many people, both locals and tourists, splash water. During another famous festival, Loy Krathong , on the 15th day of the 12th lunar month, the Chao Phraya River bank in the district, with numerous piers and Phra Sumen Fort, is a popular ...
Phra Sumen Road (Thai: ถนนพระสุเมรุ) is a 1.3 km (0.8 mi) long road that runs through the Bangkok's old town zone known as "Rattanakosin Island". It was named after the fort that was built since the King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I)'s reign, when he planted Bangkok to be the new capital in 1782.
Its name after Talat Yot, a large marketplace that used to be located in this area. It was also known as Bang Lumphu. At the beginning it was just a small market, later during the reign of King Nangklao (Rama III) it grew into a bigger market, and there was a major improvement in the year 1902.
Lim Kimya, 74, a former senior member of the now-dissolved Cambodia National Rescue Party, was killed near Khaosan Road on Tuesday evening, just hours after arriving in Thailand with his wife.
The Chatuchak Weekend Market (Thai: ตลาดนัดจตุจักร, RTGS: Talatnat Chatuchak pronunciation ⓘ), on Kamphaeng Phet 2 Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok, is the largest market in Thailand. [1] Also known as JJ Market, it has more than 15,000 stalls and 11,505 vendors (2019), [2] divided into 27 sections.
Soi Cowboy (Thai: ซอยคาวบอย, RTGS: Soi Khaoboi, pronounced [sɔ̄ːj kʰāːw.bɔ̄ːj]) is a short (150 meter long) street (soi) in Bangkok, Thailand, with some 40 establishments, mostly go-go bars. It caters mainly to tourists and expatriates. [1]