Kalasin Travel Guide

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Things to Do  

Sirindhorn Museum

Sirindhorn Museum, Kalasin

 pattayaraj Says:  Located in Phu Khum Kao Mountain area where found some dinosaur fossils. It's the 2nd dinosaur museum in Thailand. Sirindhorn Museum separated to 3 main parts - Dinosaur fossil Site Museum, Fossil Storage and Research, and Museum building. The permanent museum includes... 

Phutthasathan Phu Po

Phutthasathan Phu Po, Kalasin

 Pat_Bangkok Says:  This place is where two ancient reclining Buddha images of the Dvaravati period carved on the cliff can be seen. They are the sacred images highly revered by the people of Kalasin and nearby provinces. The first image is at the foothill and the second one is on Phu Po. Apart... 

Fa Daet Song Yang, ancient town

Fa Daet Song Yang, ancient town, Kalasin

 Pat_Bangkok Says:  There is evidence of a settlement in prehistoric times, the area flourishing during the Dvaravati period circa the 13th-15th Buddhist century. The layout of the town is like a heart-shaped stone that defines a temples boundary. There are two rows of moats. Ruins have been... 

Sirindhorn Museum of Dinosaurs

Sirindhorn Museum of Dinosaurs, Kalasin

 Pat_Bangkok Says:  This museum will open in April 2007. The name of museum honors to Princess Sirindhorn who first visit Wat Sakkawan, Phu Khum Khaw, Sahatsakan District in year 1995. The museum is in the same area of Wat Sakkawan where most discoveries of dinosaur fossils in Thailand have... 

Dinosaur at Phu kum Khao,Sahatsakhan district

Dinosaur at Phu kum Khao,Sahatsakhan district, Kalasin

 Pat_Bangkok Says:  Fossils of carnivorous dinosaurs of the giant Tyrannosauridy have also been found in different parts of the northeastern region. The Thai-French Dinosaur Survey have identified this as a new family of dinosaurs in Thailand and have given it the name Siamotyrannus... 

Tod Kratin, making merrit to temple

Tod Kratin, making merrit to temple, Kalasin

 Pat_Bangkok Says:  One of my friend invited me to join the group to visit one village in Kalasin for making merrit at one temple . There are the ceremony for temple to raise fund to build new building which call "Tod Kratin". Children at the school of village dancing, lead to the temple at the... 

Phra Thaat Ya Kuu

Phra Thaat Ya Kuu, Kalasin

 pattayaraj Says:  Phra Thaat Ya Kuu or Ya Kuu chedi located in Fa Dad Song Yang Ancient city. Originally,it called Thaat Yai or huge chedi as the biggest chedi in this city. This chedi was built in Dvaravati style with square base but the upper 've changed in the later time. Around this area... 

Fa Dad Song Yang Ancient city

Fa Dad Song Yang Ancient city, Kalasin

 pattayaraj Says:  This area 's know as Dvaravati site where used to have a big community from 3-7 Buddhist Centuries and flourished in 12-16 Buddhist Centuries. The ancient city also called Sema city,becuase the shape of city look like sema or boundary marker. In this site,the archaeologists... 

Reclining Buddha image at Phu Por

Reclining Buddha image at Phu Por, Kalasin

 pattayaraj Says:  Take about 28 kms. from city center.Phu Por is a sandstone mountain where Phra Intara Pratanporn Temple located. On the West of mountain,there 're 2 shelters where have 2 high relieves carved as Reclining Buddha image on the wall. The first one located about 5 meters high... 

Hotels  

Rimpao Hotel

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Hotels  

AP Garden Place: New and cheap hotel in Kalasin

AP Garden Place: New and cheap hotel in Kalasin, Kalasin

 pattayaraj Says:  I found this hotel in Kalasin website. It's a new one where just opened on Sept,06. They offer a big and very clean room with some ordinary facilities. Room with attached bath&hot shower,Sattlelite TV,Double bed,air-con for 350 THB. Fan room with same facilties for 250... 

This is MY HOUSE in NORTH THAILAND: LITTLE HOUSE in the VILLAGE

This is MY HOUSE in NORTH THAILAND: LITTLE  HOUSE in the VILLAGE, Kalasin

 BlaTboy Says:  Welcome to MY LITTLE HOUSE!! That girl insisted on sitting in MY LIVING ROOM all DAY, and would not leave!!!!! EXCELLENT VENTILATION, comes with BUG SCREEN, Toilet Facilities ( behind the TREE) ROOSTERS to wake you up, or KEEP you UP! Depending on what time YOU actually GOT... 

Restaurants  

Home COOKING
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Don't ASK, just EAT IT!!!!!

Everything is FRESH, extremely FRESH (if you know what I mean) %
Just add CHILLIES

Favorite Dish: EVERYTHING (just DON"T tell me what it is until I am DONE!!!
More CHILLIES please :-)

Updated Feb 11, 2005

Address: North Thailand

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Transportation  

Airplane

Airplane, Kalasin

 Pat_Bangkok Says:  No direct flight to Kalasin, Thai Airway offer a flight from Bangkok to Khon Kaen first and catch a bus to Kalasin. For details, call Tel. 1566 or 0 2280 0060, 0 2628 2000 and www.thaiairways.com. PB Air also operates daily flights from Bangkok to Roi Et, except on Tuesdays... 

By Car

By Car, Kalasin

 Pat_Bangkok Says:  From Bangkok, take Bangkok-Saraburi-Nakhon Ratchasima route (Highway No. 2). When arriving to Nong Phai, use Highway No. 23 to Maha Sarakham, then take Highway No. 209 to Kalasin, a total distance of 519 kilometres. 

Bus

Bus, Kalasin

 Pat_Bangkok Says:  from Bangkok to KalasinAir-conditioned buses and non air-conditioned buses depart from Mochit but terminal everday.from Kalasin to others provinceThere are air-conditioned buses station at the centre of city , there are also non air-conditioned buses station. 

Tu, and HIS New BIKE

Tu, and HIS New BIKE, Kalasin

 BlaTboy Says:  Tu would not share HIS BIKE with ME , so I would not share HIS SHOES with HIM (hehehehehehehe, just KIDDING about the SHOES) 

Warnings and Dangers  

The DANGER is for THE BUG!!! YUM,YUM
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LUNCH TIME!!!!!!

These bugs are quite TASTEY, BUT you have to SMELL under the WINGS before you EAT ONE!!!!!

Updated Jan 11, 2005

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Off The Beaten Path  

RICE anyone???
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Rice Farm in NORTH THAILAND

The FIELDS you see are owned by my friends wife, RICE as far as the EYE can see!!!! In the MIDDLE of NOWHERE!!

Written Jan 11, 2005

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