Wat Suthat
This is a temple in the middle of Bangkok. Not one of the biggest ones, or a common turist attraction. There are other much bigger temples that are more popular. As you can see on the legend above the grounds are very big. And the building in green was being refurbished and off-limits. We only visited the main temple which is the yellow square on the right side.
VS Guest House
The same family has run this guest house as long as there has been a Khao San Road to talk about. When I was there in 2011 most of the family still lived there, but now they themselves have moved to another house not far away, to be able to rent out more rooms, I guess.
I had actually made a list of thing that we could do while we in Bangkok, but that didn’t happen.
Things go much slower in Thailand, like Spain has its’ “a mañana”. Ten minutes does not mean ten minutes. It means more like probably less than half a hour.
In Bangkok this isn’t even a traffic jam. Just an average day.
Here is a quick guide, that hopefully minimize the damage with cultural faux pas and so on.
Say no to these things when you are in Thailand. They are all ways to scam you
