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Khao San Road in Bangkok, Thailand #97111277
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Khaosan Road or Khao San Road Thai: à ¸âà ¸â¢Ã ¸â¢Ã ¸âà ¹â°Ã ¸²à ¸§à ¸ªà ¸²à ¸£ is a short 410 meter long street in central Bangkok, Thailand constructed in 1892 during the reign of Rama V. It is in the Banglamphu area of Phra Nakhon district about 1 kilometre 0.62 mi north of the Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew. `Khaosan` translates as `milled rice`, a reminder that in former times the street was a major Bangkok rice market. In the last 20 years, however, Khaosan Road has developed into a world-famous `backpacker ghetto`. It offers cheap accommodation, ranging from `mattress in a box` style hotels to reasonably priced 3-star hotels. In an essay on the backpacker culture of Khaosan Road, Susan Orlean called it `the place to disappear`
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