### This old area of Bangkok locates very near the river and the well known Sathorn Pier.  This stretch of the long New Road is a busy hub of commuters from the other side of the river.  There are so many buses stop here just opposite the shopping mall called Robinson.  The skytrain station is also only three minutes walk from the mall.   Famous hotels and sightseeing towers can be found within walking distance.   I would recommend that you look for cheap guesthouse or reasonably priced in this area for your stay in Bangkok. 

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There are several well known restaurants and lots of street food along this area including local drug store, hardware store, coffee shops, traditional Thai massage, beauty salons, opticians, jewelry shops and so on.  I like the unpretentious atmosphere in this area.  People are very down to earth, friendly and straight forward.  These are hard working people who are trying to earn an honest living everyday.

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The cost of food and drinks along this road are much cheaper than those in the posh areas and in big luxurious malls.  So, working or ordinary people like to do shopping here and going out for evening meals around here as there are many choices from simple menu to reasonable grilled seafood. 

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Below are photos of my favourite street food stall with fresh fish, prawns and crabs at very affordable price.  Long lines could be found here in the evening. 

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The lockdown here has become more relaxed as hair salons and restaurants have been allowed to open.  Next week we expect all shopping malls would become opened as well.  The extreme hot weather has been very good at grilling any coronavirus floating in the air.  Actually Bangkok has seen no new cars for the last thirty days.  So long as the international airports are closed,  we should have very low risk of infection; most new cases are returning workers or immigrants from Malaysia.  Hope for the best!  I’d like to see busy street life as before, so people could make a living again.

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Cheers.

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