Changwat Nong Khai Vacations, Changwat Nong Khai Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

Arrived back in Nongkhai in time for the 60th birthday party of the founder of T2T. Was fun. Had traditional thai orchestra and dancers, the music is growing on me but still not my favourite. Spent the week teaching at a summer camp at Meechia school, but only a few hours each morning so not too much. Katy and Laura are here, came to visit for 3 days which has been so good. Is great to see them and show them round. Saw all the sights and of course Bar Nanas, the quality thai club! They leave...

Wow! I had the grandest sleep in days! :) The shuffling of feet along the aisle woke me up and as soon as I opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was the beerlady's face smiling at me. She handed me something, the check for the beers and food last night. Oops, I had completely forgotten that we haven't paid yet so I sorted it out. Haha! A few minutes past 9, the train stopped and all of us thought (including the Westerners) we're already in Nong Khai so we got all busy grabbing our bags but W...

Crossing the border from Laos to Thailand was every bit as easy as doing it in the other direction. A beautifully air-conditioned bus took us across the Mekong, switching from the right hand side of the road to the left; border formalities were painless; suddenly I'd left the calm of Laos and was back in busy, noisy Thailand. Nong Khai was a mid-sized town with not much to it, but it was as different from Vientiane as Vientiane was from Pak Beng. I took a room in an atmospheric guest house, h...

4/3/06 Arrived in Nong Khai this morning on the border with Laos after an overnight train from Bangkok. The train was a definite experience as it was so hot and we were right next to the toilet which smelt very bad! We were also sleeping on the top bunk on a moving train which isn't the most comfortable thing. So all in all it wasn't a good nights sleep. We were so excited to meet cat though and it was good to see her. We got a tuk tuk to her dorm which is very spacious but the heat hits yo...