Sukhumvit Road
Sukhumvit Road is the longest street in Thailand, stretching from central Bangkok to the Cambodian border. It is the home of the Farang Ghetto (Sukhumvit Soi 1 and Sukhumvit Soi 63) where thousands of expats live, work, and play in the heart of Bangkok.
In Bangkok, Sukhumvit Road serves as one of the main arteries, and is often congested, often from dawn to way past nightfall. The Chalerm Mahanakhon Expressway has an exit at Soi 1. Thanon Ratchadaphisek crosses Sukhumvit at the Asok intersection. The Sukhumvit area of Bangkok is easily accessible on the Skytrain Sukhumvit Line, which runs from Mo Chit through the Silom Line interchange at Siam Square up to On Nut on Soi 81. The Bangkok Metro’s Sukhumvit Station interchanges with the Skytrain at Asok.
The areas of Soi Cowboy (between Soi 21 Asok and Soi 23) and Nana Entertainment Plaza (Soi 4) are notorious red light districts. Restaurants of all different levels of luxury and decor along the road, as well as hotels, shopping malls and the eastern bus station at Soi 63 Ekkamai.