Thai police arrest man with babies' bodies for black magic
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-thailand-corpsesbre84h0ey-20120518,0,1199244.story
Kuen was staying at a hotel in Khao San Road, Bangkok's backpacker area, but the bodies were found in a separate hotel. Police had received a tip-off that infant corpses were being offered to wealthy clients through a website advertising black magic ...
Foursquare Drops Eight New International City Badges, from Rio to Doha
http://www.jaunted.com/story/2012/5/21/0193/77571/travel/Foursquare+Drops+Eight+New+International+City+Badges,+from+Rio+to+Doha
When you're not shopping at Siam Paragon or MBK, you're probably in the back of a tuk tuk stuck in traffic or going to meet friends on Khao San Road. You know which roadside noodle stand is best, love som tam, and live for a good Tom Yum Goong. Zab!
Fu-Do Noodle & Sushi Bar: review
http://www.theyorker.co.uk/lifestyle/food&%20drink/11350
Top notch independent restaurants, such as Il Paradiso, El Gaucho and Khao San, have already provided the street of Walmgate with an amazing reputation amongst avid foodies. With the re-branding of Tokyo Joe to Fu-Do and its re-location onto the quirky ...
Top 10 graduate destinations
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/18/uk-travel-picks-graduates-idUSLNE84H02P20120518
Renowned for its nightlife on Khao San Road, Bangkok is also known for its all night Full Moon beach parties. It is also not uncommon for travellers to see Elephants parading through the streets. 8. Rome, Italy Warm, dry summer days, amazing food and ...
Tollway racing
http://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/learning-from-news/291618/tollway-racing
Thaifah owned the Buddy Village Hotel on Khao San Road. Also found dead was Pol Maj Sakdipat Pathumarak, inside his Toyota Fortuner sports utility vehicle. The injured man was Amnart Klinyu, 30, driving a Mazda. He's recuperating at Vibhavadi Hospital.
American, 64, charged with using fake passport, ATM cards
http://www.pattayamail.com/localnews/american-64-charged-with-using-fake-passport-atm-cards-12759?ref=pmci
Police said Stanberry confessed to buying the cards and passport on Bangkok's Khaosan Road with the intent of stealing from banks and using a fake identity to aid his escape. This article was published in the Pattaya Mail newspaper on Friday May 18, ...
Bangkok ? a guide for first-time visitors
http://news.cheapflights.co.uk/bangkok-a-guide-for-first-time-visitors/
Whether or not you're bedding down in the infamous ground zero of backpacker culture that is Khao San Road, this lively area crammed with foreigners, bars, travel agents and stalls selling cheap clothes and DVDs has to be experienced at least once.
Better by bike
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/1b55ca1c-8fd1-11e1-98b1-00144feab49a.html
The Khao San Road has acquired legendary status as the place where Leonardo DiCaprio hears about a beachside paradise in the film The Beach (2000), and a million and more backpackers have since come to find fun or fulfilment.
