I did not know whether to put this under hostels of hotels, but looked at the hotels opinions and they are all big, posh places. I stayed in Khao-san road, backbacker area, in cheap but habitable places, which are probably hotels but used like hostels. The khao-san road has developed into the main backpacker area in Bangkok in the last few years and is a tourist attraction in itself now. It is a road lined with shops, stalls and smaller tributry roads full of hostels/hotels and more shops, stalls, cafes and internet places. At night it is almost carnivally with the stalls and bars right out on the road, and the smells of fresh cooked food highly prevalent. ...  Read the complete review