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Nong Khai Governor's Residence
Visa counter, Lao side (Tha Naleng)
Thai boundary post
I'm coming from Vientiane to Nong Khai and am debating whether to stop off for a few days to visit the town. Being the opposite side of the mekong from Vientiane would it be too similar an experience or is there much to do and see. I've seen images of the buddhist sculpture park which looks lovely.
Is it a beautiful town and how far and easy is it to get out into a surrounding village to explore. Basically is it worth stopping off here?
Don't bother.
You have a similar buddha park in Vientianne anyway...
This north east part of Thailand is basically the same as Laos, which was only carved out by Thailand for the French during the colonial period.
Happy travelling
Nong Khai is just one of these ordinary Thai towns. Not bad, but nothing (very) special. It has (of course) some temples and a market, which is not as commercialised as others in Thailand.
We liked driving along the mekong river, visiting small Thai villages and remote temples.
happy travels
Jaap
Thanks for you reply, I think I will give it a day there anyway just out of curiosuty to take in an ordinary town for once.
i cant say for myself but my partner stopped off there on the way back from laos and loved it but he mainly did jst sit at the river and eat and drank lol and he was there for the fire ball festivel when the town was packed with people.but he did say he ate some of the best food there.
not a lot of people speakung english in this small town.but that isn't really a problem as the locals here are mostly helpful and friendly.most resturants and local eating place here have menus in english so eating out is not a problem.
On our way to find some food we stumble upon this place that sell many kind of herbs but sadly everything including the price was written in Thai. Papa only speaks ‘broken Thai’ so it’s quite hard to ask about those herbs. So Many Things!
There are many guest houses in Nong Khai. Finding one to suit your budget or liking won’t be so hard…I guess this is because most people make Nong Khai as a stopover to Laos but many has stayed longer & fell in love with Nong Khai…
Easily the jewel of the Northeast, the par-72 course excel in many areas... the quility and degree of difficulty of the fairways and greens, the general proficiency of the caddies and overall club facilties...
The only drawback is the small portion of food at the clubhouse ands only Singha, Chang or Heineken beer are available at the 19th hole drink hut...
There is a solitary monk living in the Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary west of Nongkhai. When an elephant died in a fight for dominance with another bull last year, the bones were brought to his cave after cremation. About a month after the bones were brought there, the winning elephant in the fight, probably smelling the sent of his rival, came up the hill to the temple looking around. The monk has a photo of the top of the elephants head taken from a ledge above him and was even able to touch the elephant. The elephant then tried to get into the temple cave where the bones were stored. There are some marks on the stone around the cave made by the elephant’s tusks. The door to the temple held, saving the temple from destruction by the elephant.
You can spend the night under the rock ledges outside the cave . . . if you dare.
Find out how to get there on the website.
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