Nakhon Ratchasima

My friend Brenton is visiting Thailand again, this time with a group of his friends from Japan. For the first few days of his trip he made plans to go to several tourist attractions in the provinces of Khorat (นครราชสีมา) and Buriram (บุรีรัมย์). Once I knew Brenton would be travelling alone for these three days, I decided to keep him company. This is an overview of our trip, starting Friday 21 December 2007 and ending on Monday 24 December.

Nakhon Ratchasima (นครราชสีมา) is the largest province in Thailand, to the north east of Bangkok and the start of North Eastern Thailand, isa

On the weekend, nine of us from SIIT made a trip to Wang Nam Khiao (วังน้ำเขียว) in the province of Nakhon Ratchasima (generally known as Khorat). We travelled there on Saturday morning in two cars, with several stops for food on the way. It took about 3.5 hours, for a distance of 200 to 250km.

We stayed at the Nentawan Resort, sharing a two bedroom bungalow amongst the group. Each bedroom had their own bathroom, and there was a small common room between the two rooms. After unpacking and getting a fridge for the beer, we made our way to the nearby Huai Yai Waterfall (although it was almost dry). Around 5pm, we decided to check out the Thailand International Balloon Festival, held in nearby Pak Chong. Well it wasn't as nearby as we thought, arriving about 8:30pm. After playing a few games in the side show alleys, we made our way back to Nentawan Resort for dinner - at 11pm!