Krishna at a Khao San tailor shop says his business is suffering.

考山路上一家裁缝店的克里希纳说，他的生意正在蒙受损失。

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The annual water festival was to be began tomorrow, but it didn't stop people from playing water today. The craziest place was, of course, Khao San.

一年一度的宋干泼水节要明天才开始，但今天已经有人玩水，最多疯子聚集的当然又是那条「沟生路」。

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It's been very quiet right now. Khao San is the most busiest during the festival, but this year seems like nobody here.

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Krishna at a Khao San tailor shop says his business is suffering.

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Kumtan drives a tuk-tuk, or small three-wheeled taxi, on Khao San.

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Phi Phi Don is more like Khao San by the Sea than parkland.

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Thus far, Travelreads has highlighted some fantastic travel stories, including Michael Lewis's celebrated Vanity Fair report about Iceland during the financial crisis and Susan Orlean's classic New Yorker article on the backpackers who haunt Bangkok's Khao San Road.

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Bangkok jeweler Acharavadee Wongsakon, for instance, on June 30 led a procession of several hundred protesters through the city's famous Chatuchak weekend market and the Khao San Road backpacker district to persuade Thais and foreign tourists to show more respect.

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