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12th April 2006, 18:09
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Klong Toey
Does anyone know anything about the Klong Toey area of BKK? Not the place for a midnight stroll with 1000s of baht hanging out your pocket i hear. True?
I'd also like to ask if anyone has had any experience with a volunteer centre near BTS Ploen Chit Station (um, soi 3 off Ruamrudee) but im not sure if i cant name it on the forum.
Thanks.
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12th April 2006, 18:14
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huge market. use to live near by and have walked/ridden around the area a lot. not a place to safely involve yourself in extracuricular substance use or gambling. other than that its an interesting area.
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12th April 2006, 18:49
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There was a thread about that volunteer centre I think. It was a while back though. There was no bad reports and a couple of positive I think! Sorry to be vague, if you name the centre I'll know if we are on about the same place - I can't actually remember!
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12th April 2006, 20:10
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Its also a district of BKK when I lived on Soi 4 Sukumvit, I am sure it was Klong Toey. Its also the official name of the port of BKK in BKK. As Lam Chabang the deep water port is in Chon Buri. 
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13th April 2006, 07:33
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Is this the Human Development Foundation. I have been thinking of volunteering myself but haven't looked into it yet.
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13th April 2006, 14:38
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Klong Toey district covers a huge area of Sukhumvit/Petchburi Roads - From Nana/Pratunam all the way to Ekkamai I believe and to the river on the other side.
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13th April 2006, 15:25
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Thanks heaps.
The volounteer place is called the Goodwill Foundation, just wasn't sure if the moderators allow naming schools or what.
Happy Songkran :chug:
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13th April 2006, 17:37
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Klong Toey is a dump.
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13th April 2006, 21:01
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Klong Toey is a massive area. But when people refer to KT They usually mean the slum part. It used to be awash with drugs, not so much these days.
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13th April 2006, 21:09
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Yeah it's nowhere near as good as back in the day 
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13th April 2006, 21:26
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13th April 2006, 23:50
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red snapper!!!! put me down for some :chug:
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14th April 2006, 00:34
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I used to lived there, in the slum of Klong Toey back when I was in the 6th and 7th grade, 72-73 ....by the rail road tracks and behind the big market.....walked to school...Plukjit Vitaya...oh! what a memory.
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15th April 2006, 16:24
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Thanks, Unwell.
I've never seen anything like Songkran. Never before. :chug:
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