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A Stroll Down Yaowarat Road: Navigating Bangkok’s Chinatown.
China town is one chaotic mess of fun. People visiting this area, not only get to experience the life in Bangkok, but they also get to see just how many people can pack themselves into one street. Yaowarat Road, is where the famous China Town is located. This road during the day is not overly congested. One can easily maneuver up and down without problems. At night time, the signs come on and all the shops open for business. While it is a great area to travel in, it can take some real skill.
The area is full of narrow alleys and pedestrian only walkways. Many of the road signs are blocked by flashing neon merchant signs. To avoid alleys and streets which go no where, avoid roads that have the name trok or soi in them. This is Chinese for alleyway. Charoen Krung Road borders Yaowarat Road to the North and can easily be used as a way to get around and to different parts of China Town.
Though you will have the time of your life, plan on being lost at first a great deal. Once you get the hang of where the signs are, where the pedestrian walkways are, you should be just fine.