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Home » Reader question » Reader question: Who has tips for the Isaan?
Reader question: Who has tips for the Isaan?
Dear readers,
We are going to Thailand in December, we have been to Thailand several times and we have visited many places. But we have never really started to travel around in the Isaan.
My wife lives in Somdet, and every year we go there for a few days to visit her parents, we have been doing this for 20 years, but apart from Khon Kaen, Udon Thani and Kalasin we have not seen anything in Isaan. That is why we have decided to travel around Isaan for 2 weeks this year.
Does anyone have any tips where we can go, we are really nature lovers so it doesn't have to be a big city. Does anyone know the lake Nam Phung near Sakhon Nakhon, we have heard that it must be beautiful there, but so far I have not been able to find much information about it and only one hotel.
I'd love to hear from you.
eg
Frank
I just got back from the Isaan for 2 weeks (I have a house and family there) But what I recommend is to just take a road trip to Kaeng Khro or Chaiyaphum. There are plenty of resorts along the road as they are very popular in the last 2 years, I don't know why either. At least every few km there is a “resort” on the road. By the way, I don't think those resorts have a website or anything. And about what to do in Isaan, well… all I did was touring a bit on the scooter, drove to the mountains, shopped at the Tesco in Nong Rue or something, visited markets and often sang karaoke at a restaurant .
My parents-in-law live in Isaan, I come there very regularly
There too it is far from the resorts, small separate bungalows for 300 or 400 baht per night, but also available day and night per hour ... these resorts are particularly used by young people and older married men with an extra girlfriend
The youth living at home has nowhere to go, so they rent a bungalow for a few hours
Around our small village (10000 inhabitants) I can find 5 by heart
Real hotels are few and far between in Isaan, but the resorts are thriving
What is the difference between a hotel and a resort?
When you think of a resort, you immediately think of a large complex by the sea with free food and drinks and many Russians.
But apparently I was wrong.
One of my intentions is to go to the Isaan region next time.
I travel on my own, so if I buy a ticket by bus/train to a city/town/village that I actually don't know at all, can I be sure that I can spend the night somewhere?
In the context of: just discover things and see what comes of it.
@ rene.chiangmai A resort is a holiday or bungalow park consisting of holiday homes, sometimes with a hotel. Comparable to, for example, Center Parcs in the Netherlands. Resorts can be found all over the country: by the sea, in the countryside, in forests. Some holiday parks have been built illegally in national parks. You can read about it in News from Thailand and individual postings. See for example: https://www.thailandblog.nl/nieuws/strijd-tegen-illegaal-aangelegde-vakantieparken-volle-gang/
Phanom Rung Historical Park in Buriram Province.
Upstairs you have an old Khmer temple (Prasat Phnom Rung) built between the 10th to 13th century and downstairs you have the second complex (Prasat Muang Tam).
Very nice Khmer complex, definitely worth a visit.
As the name says, it is located in a park so you also get nature.
I don't remember exactly how much, it's a small amount but money is being asked..
You can possibly do this together with a visit to Big Buddha in Buriram (Phra Suphatthara Bophit). This is built on a volcano (no longer active). If you feel like it, you can walk up the approximately 300 steps, but you have to be in good shape (walked down them yourself, that's doable) or just drive up by car.
You can look both up on the internet to see if it's worth it.
Nongkhai is worth it, especially in December because that is not a rainy month. But it is a winter month so bring something warm for morning and evening.
The Sala Keew Ku, I believe already described in this blog; low entry fee. Don't miss the blanket Wat Phochai. On the campus grounds (7 km south of the city) is the Nongkhai Aquarium with fish from the Mehkong (closed on Mondays, low entrance fee). The promenade along the river is now being extended again in an easterly direction. You can take a beautiful walk there and visit the daily market in the heart of the city.
West along the river, between Si Chiangmai and Sangkhom, beautiful nature and caves, described in this blog. Use the search function.
Hotel facility in the city more than adequate. Between 600 and 1.000 baht you already have a decent room.
Welcome !
And what are you waiting to go into Laos for a few days. Vientiane is only 25 km from Nongkhai. But do think about the visa you have for Thailand. If you do not have a double or more entry, it will be canceled when you leave Thailand. Consult the visa file in this blog.
Kao yai national park is worth a visit, you can spend the night in Pakchong or what is also nice is Muak Lek where there are nice waterfalls where you can swim and eat. Phimai in Korat is also worth a breath of fresh air old temple and relax in Sai ngam maybe 1 overnight stay there?? Well worth a look is Phanom Rung Temple complex in Buriram and if you are lucky you might catch a home game of buriram united which is always fun. Surin is also a nice city where you can visit Ban Chang, which is located a few kilometers outside the city and is definitely worth it.
A nice city to visit is Ubon on the Mun river, it has a lot to offer and also has a number of national parks with waterfalls. At the Big C it is nice to stroll around in the evening with so-called bazaars and a large flea market there. Mukdahan is also nice to do, Talat Indochine on the Mekong and good restaurants located on the Mekong. further Nakom Phanom with its famous Tat Phanom is definitely worth it and you are already close to Somdet so you have made a nice tour through Isaan.
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There are also Thai wineries. Worth visiting. You can also spend the night in some of them.
Maybe this link contains a nice travel program. http://www.travelfish.org/trip_planner/thailand-northeast-tour
Kao Yai National park is really worth it. I think Roi Et is a nice place.
Question: why does everyone say “the Isan”? Why not just "Isan"?
Greetings,
Jan
@ Jan Hoekstra I'm always talking about the Isan (Isan) by analogy with the Northeast. This is also how other regions in Thailand are referred to: the South, the North, the Central Plains. But I'm happy to give my explanation for another/better one.
Yes, but you also do not say the Gelderland, the Utrecht, the Limburg etc etc
Isaan or Isan is also just a province, so without the het etc
Isaan (อีสาน iesǎan) comes from Pali and literally just means 'the northeast', like Udon, for example, means 'the north'. Isaan is not a province. So it is 'the Isan'.
@ Piet De Isaan is a region and consists of 19 provinces. See http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provincies_van_Thailand
The bottle temple or in Thai: Wat Laan Kuat in Khun Han is really worth it. We come regularly. Every time there is a new temple built from empty bottles: beer bottles, whiskey bottles, red bull bottles. Very interesting and they really do something good with empty bottles.
Lots of fun.
Tom
You can take a look at Phibun Mangsahan. The easternmost tip of Thailand. Very popular with the Thais at sunrise. There is also a nature park there and there are also rock formations to admire in the open air. Great for walking. Don't forget to check out the 'mushroom' rocks there.
Not far from there is also Khon Chiam, with the white temple and the confluence of the Moon and Mekong rivers.