Lonely Planet Thailand by China Williams & Mark Beales & Tim Bewer & Celeste Brash & Austin Bush

Author:China Williams & Mark Beales & Tim Bewer & Celeste Brash & Austin Bush
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Southeast, Travel, Asia
ISBN: 9781742205809
Publisher: Lonely Planet Publications
Published: 2014-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

DON'T MISS

PÀT MÈE KOH·RHT

One speciality you must try once is pàt mèe koh·râht . It’s similar to pát tai, but boasts more flavour and is made with a local style of rice noodle (mèe koh·râht) . It’s widely available in Khorat Province, but very rare everywhere else.

Drinking & Nightlife

Khorat has a glut of good Thai-style pubs. Th Mahat Thai and Th San-Prasit around their junctions with Th Chainarong is a good bar-hopping district.

U-Bar (Hwy 2) , 2.5km north of the centre, and the less-popular but more convenient Bar Nana OFFLINE MAP GOOGLE MAP (Th Mittaphap) , at the Rachaphruk Grand Hotel, have student-filled dance floors. Both get hopping around 10pm.

Shopping

Night Bazaar Korat MARKET

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(Th Manat; 5-10pm) While it’s got nothing on Chiang Mai’s version, this night market, selling mostly clothes, attracts a youthful crowd and is fun to stroll.

100 Year Meuang Ya Market MARKET

(Th Mukhamontri; 4-10pm) Similar to Night Bazaar Khorat, but full of kitsch. It’s pretty quiet on weekdays.

The Mall MALL

(Th Mittaphap; 10.30am-9pm Mon-Fri, 10am-9pm Sat & Sun) This is Isan’s largest and glossiest mall. It has a small branch of Asia Books selling English-language books.

Information

The Mall has many banks with extended opening hours, and an AEON ATM.

Bangkok Hospital ( 0 4442 9999; Th Mittaphap)

Immigration ( 0 4437 5138; 8.30am-noon & 1-4pm Mon-Fri) Located in Dan Kwian village.

Klang Plaza 2 (Th Jomsurangyat) This shopping centre has a Bangkok Bank open 10.30am to 7pm daily, and an AEON ATM outside by the alley entrance.

Post Office (Th Jomsurangyat; 8.30am-10.30pm Mon-Fri, 9am-noon & 4-10.30pm Sat, 4-10.30pm Sun & holidays)

Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT; 0 4421 3666; [email protected]; Th Mittaphap; 8.30am-4.30pm) Next to Sima Thani Hotel.

Getting There & Away

BUS

Khorat has two bus terminals. Terminal 1 ( 0 4424 2899; Th Burin) in the city centre, serves Bangkok (1st-class only) and most towns within Khorat Province, including Pak Chong (60B, 1½ hours, every 20 minutes). Buses to other destinations, plus more Bangkok buses and minivans, use Terminal 2 ( bor kŏr sŏr sŏrng ; 0 4429 5271; Hwy 2) north of downtown. You never have to wait long for a bus to Bangkok (171B to 320B, 3½ hours) since buses from most cities in Isan pass through Khorat on their way to the capital.

There are minivans to/from Ayuthaya (132B, four hours, every 30 minutes) and Lopburi (120B, 3½ hours, hourly) from Bus Terminal 2.

BUSES FROM NAKHON RATCHASIMA’S TERMINAL 2

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