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- Sukhumvit Road Area

Bangkok - Sukhumvit Road Area The Sukhumvit Road area is now the largest modern tourism hotel and entertainment district of the Thai capital and also the area preferred by foreign residents in Bangkok. The area is well served by public transport - The SkyTrain runs right through the area.

Sukhumvit Road is not just the city street you see but also one of the capital's arterial roads extending for more than 400 kilometres along the eastern seaboard, passing Pattaya and in to Trat Province right on the Cambodian border.

In Bangkok, Sukhumvit Road is a long straight 6 to 8-lane road with only a few major intersections. Except for a few, most side streets (a side street is called Soi in Thai) are dead-end streets. While this sounds depressing at first, it's actually a major advantage of the Sukhumvit Road area as a residential district. Being as the side streets are dead-ends, there is no passing traffic! Some of the Soi's give you the feeling that one can live as quietly as in a small town. You can't get lost easily either!

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