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Friday, June 3, 2011
Udon Flights
Restaurants in Udon Thani
American - Harry's Bar & Restaurant on Banliam bypass (western ring-road opposite the boat beer garden).
Chinese - Chiants (but the sign outside is Chinese and Thai) next to the Ayutthaya Bank in Prajak Road, a Dim Sum restaurant.
English - Kinnaree in Soi Don Udom (close to the airport) provides English and Thai food.
Fish - Nongsai Fishing Park in Ban Nongsai or Ban Hoolee Restaurant (which tickles my other half because hoolee is a very rude word).
You will need local help to locate these places and to be honest they are only average.
French - The Factory in Adunyadet Road. Can't say any more, I don't like french food, but others say it is good.
Fusion - Good Everything in Phoniyom Road next to Nong Prajak Park. Mind blowingly good food.
Irish - Irish Clock in Sampantamitr Road behind Lum Udom night market.
Thai & English - Greenleaf Restaurant opposite the train station in Prajak Sillapakom gets rave reviews.
Thai (evening restaurant) - Kalasin Goong Pao, Ban Khao (Route 2021) just outside Udon.
There is a Moo Yang in Kut Chap which is pretty good but again you will need help to find it.
Chinese - Chiants (but the sign outside is Chinese and Thai) next to the Ayutthaya Bank in Prajak Road, a Dim Sum restaurant.
English - Kinnaree in Soi Don Udom (close to the airport) provides English and Thai food.
Fish - Nongsai Fishing Park in Ban Nongsai or Ban Hoolee Restaurant (which tickles my other half because hoolee is a very rude word).
You will need local help to locate these places and to be honest they are only average.
French - The Factory in Adunyadet Road. Can't say any more, I don't like french food, but others say it is good.
Fusion - Good Everything in Phoniyom Road next to Nong Prajak Park. Mind blowingly good food.
Irish - Irish Clock in Sampantamitr Road behind Lum Udom night market.
Thai & English - Greenleaf Restaurant opposite the train station in Prajak Sillapakom gets rave reviews.
Thai (evening restaurant) - Kalasin Goong Pao, Ban Khao (Route 2021) just outside Udon.
There is a Moo Yang in Kut Chap which is pretty good but again you will need help to find it.
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Udon Nightlife
Thanon Adunyadet | ||||
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| There are some multi-bar complexes in the heart of Udon Thani city. Visitors of these alleys are foreigners (farangs) only. If you want a mix of Thai and Western style of nightlife, Thanon Adunyadet is the street to go. This thanon (street) is within walking distance of Central Plaza, the biggest shopping mall in Udon. Also Tong Bar as some attitude. Thanon Adunyadet is rapidly developping into a main (enterainment) nightlife venue. It offers a good selection of restaurants and bars , accomodations , karaoke bars, massage parlors, hair dressors, other small shops and a Seven Eleven which is open 24 hours. At the end of the street you find one of the biggest internet cafes in Udon which opens untill very late. Some Thai restaurants stay open untill 6 am. "Exotic nightlife" is nearby in the local sois (side streets). The "farang" restaurants, bars and foodshops include:
The new apartments on soi 5 offer both daily and long term accomodation. In the other local sois you can find yet more appartments, all at very reasonable rates . Ruysuk Hotel is a very popular choice for westerners and has a new fitness centre/gymnasium. On Soi 1 you can find a budget hotel where you can get a room for only 160 baht. There are also some other places where you can book rooms by the hour, up to you! During the three days songkrang festival in April, Thanon Adunyadet is one of busiest streets of Udon. You will see locals and farangs throwing buckets of water at each other. Great fun. Whereas the known multi "farang" bar complexes close at 1 am, Thanon Adunyadet offers 24 hours entertainment. What I particularly like is the availability of almost anything and the very friendly environment. If you want to visit Udon Thani for only a few days its handy to choose a hotel in the centre. You then can walk to the Central Plaza, night market and to all the Thai and farang bars and restaurants. Right in the heart of the town centre is the Centara Hotel (before Charoensri Grand Royal Hotel), one of the most luxurious hotels in Udon with two hundred and twenty-five rooms at various rates based on room type and facilities. Centara Hotel is situated next to Central Plaza, the largest shopping mall.  The most popular hotels within walking distance from Central Plaza are:
All have modern air-conditioning, hot water and full room service. All are priced at under 400 baht per night. Long stayers tend to prefer Ruysuk Hotel because they can get weekly, monthly or annual discounts. The owner Joe speaks fluent English. Through the commitment and dedication of Joe and his team Ruysuk has established itself as one of the most popular guesthouse/hotel for tourists from all over the world. It is here easy to make contact with the long stayers in the lobby or the restaurants. If your budget is limited you can get a room with a fan for only 160 baht per night. I stayed once in Hotel Tweeesap - Tel (+66) (0)42-222531 - at Soi 1 in the centre of Udon, an old hotel but clean and friendly.
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Accomodation and Sightseeing in Udon Thani Norteast of Thailand
Air Asia and Thai Airways fly to Udon Thani from Suvarnabhumi. Nok Air flies there from Don Mueang Airport
You simply will not find a 4 or 5 star hotel in Udon Thani ..... if a hotel is making the claim or a website is making the claim of the hotel .... they are lying to you. there is no such thing as a 4 or 5 star hotel in North East Thailand.
Check out http://isan.sawadee.com/nongbualamphun/
Charoensri Grand Hotel is your best bet in Udon Thani, and its 3 star rating is VERY generous.
AEK International hospital has English speaking staff 00-66-42-342-555. I'm sure they can point me in the right direction. The hospital in That Phanom was cheap but they seemed unable to provide comprehesive testing or adequate medication even with a farang footing the bill.
Sofitel in Khon Kaen is BY FAR the nicest hotel i have ever stayed in in NE Thailand. Sofitel Silom (Bangkok) is damned nice as well ..... but Sofitel Central (Bangkok as well) is a dump. go figure. 5 star is a stretch however. The Oriental is a 5 star hotel, Sofitel is a 4 star at best.
There might be busses from Suvarnabhum Airport directly to Udon Thani,but I think it would be best to go to Mor Chit Bus station,which is thenorthern bus station in Bangkok.
There you can get a VIP bus ,Thai's call it "Rot tour" meaning tour vehicle. More comfortable express bus
Its a long trip about 8 hours and costs about 550 Thai baht.
24 hour public bus service is provided from the Bus Terminal at the Transport Center. Take a shuttle bus (Express route) to the Transport Center
Bus Number 825 - Suvarnabhumi Airport - Nong Khai
Information & Reservation Call Center: (+66) 02576-5599
I suggest calling because I'm not sure of the times I have read it departs at 21:00 and also that there are two buses one at 6:00 and one at 22:30.
You can go up to Mo Chit and get a bus from there for between 500-800 baht. Buses leave between 5 pm and 7 pm and take between 10-11 hours. I would assume the bus from Suvarnabhumi would cost about the same and take the same amount of time.
I hope you can make your way up to Vientiane, Laos .... while you are there. its not that far from Udon Thani and has a pretty impressive temple (cant for the life of me remember the name). you can get a visa at the border, cross into Laos and take a taxi into Vientiane (about 30 minutes). you cannot drive your own vehicle into Laos though ..... just something to keep in mind.
I would call Udon Thani more Isaan than Northern Thai as the cultures are quite different - but I would also say about 50% cheaper as a guide - - last time there I had a very nice hotel for 1000 baht - and that is probably top of the line with very decent places available for 500 thai baht. Lotus Condotel Udon Thani and AEK Hotel are 2 main very affordable options in Udon Thani.
Chareonsri Center is Udon Thani's biggest and fanciest shopping mall, featuring five floors of shopping, including a large Robinson's department store and a TOPS Supermarket.
Further out east from the centre is a Makro store, cheap for bulk purchases) and a Big C shopping complex (both groceries and assorted goods) with much cheaper pricing than Robinson's.
On the ring road east-side are several large home improvement stores; Home Mart, Global House, and Tool Pro. Also on the east-side ring road is the new Bo Bei Clothing Market.
On the ring road north-side is a Tesco Lotus superstore.
http://wikitravel.org/en/Udon_Thani
The Chareonsri Shopping Compact is a good place as any to start, a modern shopping center in the inner city full of everything you want to buy what you could, clothes, jewelry, accessories, DVDs, mobile phones, souvenirs, household appliances, photo shoots, and many others article. A supermarket, restaurants, fast-Restaurants, money exchanges, cinema and bowling.
The Distance between Udon Thani (Udon Thani) and Chiang Mai (Chiang Mai) is :
431.14 kilometers (km).
The approximate travel/road distance can be around 495.81 km to 538.92 km
It should take you around 10-12 hrs for both bus and train.
431.14 kilometers (km).
The approximate travel/road distance can be around 495.81 km to 538.92 km
It should take you around 10-12 hrs for both bus and train.
For more information, you could go to http://www.thailandqa.com/forum/showthre…
Udon Thani, a northeastern province covering an area of 11,730 square kilometers, is a prime business center of I-San. Located 564 kilometers from Bangkok, it the world heritage site for the prehistoric culture of Ban Chiang.Udon Thani is probably best known for its archaeological wonders, paramount among them the hamlet of Ban Chiang where the world's first Bronze Age civilization is believed to have flourished more than 5,000 years ago.
Udon Thani borders Nong Khai to the north, Khon Kaen to the south, Sakon Nakhon to the east and Nongbualamphu and Loei to the west. The province is located on a plateau which is approximately 187 metres above sea level. Most of its areas are covered with rice fields, forests and hills, with the Phu Pan mountain ranges and the Songkhram River are the provinces 2 main natural resources.The locals are mainly engaged in agricultural activities, with particular rising in wholesale and retail trading activities. That is why Udon Thani is an agricultural market hub or neighboring provinces.
Udon Thani's provincial seal depicts God Wetsuwan, King of the giants and keeper of the Northern Heavenly Gate.
There are buses running between Udon Thani and other provinces such as Nong Khai, Loei, Khon Kaen, Sakon Nakhon, Nakhon Phanom and Ubon Ratchathani. The buses leave Udon Thani Bus Terminal every 40 minutes.
- By Car The car rental places opposite the Udon Hotel offers sedan, jeeps and vans for hire starting at around 1,200 baht.
- By Sam lor Sam lors drivers in Udon Thani practically doubled their rates overnight when 50 Americans arrived to work on the VOA station outside the town in 1990-91, apparently the engineers were throwing their dollars around with abandon. With a permanent contingent of VOA employees in the area, just about any farang (foreigner) who happens to pass through Udon Thani will have to deal with this two tier price system. Reasonable fares are 10 baht to 15 bahts per kilometer.
This annual fair is held during the13th – 15th waxing moon days of the 3rdlunar month with booths of goods and local products for sale.
This annual fair is held around December. There are booths of goods and local products, such as silk cloth, Khit-pattern woven cloth, hand – woven cloth, Mi-Khit cloth, and a golden dragon show from the Chaopu – Chaoya Chinese Spirit Shrine.
Udon Thani borders Nong Khai to the north, Khon Kaen to the south, Sakon Nakhon to the east and Nongbualamphu and Loei to the west. The province is located on a plateau which is approximately 187 metres above sea level. Most of its areas are covered with rice fields, forests and hills, with the Phu Pan mountain ranges and the Songkhram River are the provinces 2 main natural resources.The locals are mainly engaged in agricultural activities, with particular rising in wholesale and retail trading activities. That is why Udon Thani is an agricultural market hub or neighboring provinces.
Udon Thani's provincial seal depicts God Wetsuwan, King of the giants and keeper of the Northern Heavenly Gate.
Borders
| North | : Nong Khai Province |
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| South | : Khon Kaen and Kalasin Province |
| East | : Skon Nakhon Province |
| West | : Loei and Nong Bua Lam Phu Province |
The distances from Amphoe Muang to other Amphoes are as follow :
| From Udon Thani City of nearby Provinces | |
| Nong Bua Lam Phu Province | : 46 kms. |
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| Nong Khai Province | : 51kms. |
| Khon Kaen Province | : 115 kms. |
| Loei Province | : 152 kms. |
| Sakon Nakhon Province | : 159 kms. |
| Kalasin Province | : 192 kms. |
| From Udon Thani City to other districts | |
| Amphoe Ban Dung | : 84 kms. |
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| Amphoe Ban Phue | : 55 kms. |
| Amphoe Chai Wan | : 62 kms. |
| Amphoe Ku Kaeo | : 61 kms. |
| Amphoe Kumphawapi | : 43 kms. |
| Amphoe Kut Chap | : 24 kms. |
| Amphoe Muang | : 0 kms. |
| Amphoe Nam Som | : 110 kms. |
| Amphoe Na Yung | : 129 kms. |
| Amphoe Nong Wua So | : 39 kms. |
| Amphoe Nong Han | : 35 kms. |
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| Amphoe Non Sa-at | : 53 kms. |
| Amphoe Nong Saeng | : 35 kms. |
| Amphoe Phibun Rak | : 50 kms. |
| Amphoe Phen | : 43 kms. |
| Amphoe Prachaksinlapakhom | : 36 kms. |
| Amphoe Sang Khom | : 68 kms. |
| Amphoe Si That | : 72 kms. |
| Amphoe Thung Fon | : 65 kms. |
| Amphoe Wang Sam Mo | : 96 kms. |
How to get there
By Car
From Bangkok, take Highway No. 1 to Saraburi and Highway No. 2 to Udon Thani via Nakhon Ratchasima and Khon Kaen Provinces, a total distance of 564 kilometers.By Bus
Buses for Udon leave Bangkok's Northern Bus Terminal (Mochit 2 Bus Terminal) throughout the day from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. The journey takes around 10 to 11 hours and the fare is 145 baht for regular buses (260 baht for air-conditioned buses).Buses leave the main bus terminal in Khorat every half hour during the day and arrive in Udon five hours later. The cost is 81 baht for regular buses (146 baht for air-conditioned buses).There are buses running between Udon Thani and other provinces such as Nong Khai, Loei, Khon Kaen, Sakon Nakhon, Nakhon Phanom and Ubon Ratchathani. The buses leave Udon Thani Bus Terminal every 40 minutes.
By Train
A train service between Bangkok and Udon Thani is available every day.By Air
A daily flight between Bangkok and Udon Thani is offered by the Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI). In addition, there are low-cost airlines daily serviced by Thai Air Asia, and Nok Air.Travelling around Udon Thani
- By Bus A hassle free way to get around the city is by the city bus. The most useful city bus for visitors is the yellow bus No. 2, which plies a route from the No. 2 bus terminal, south along Suphakit Janya road and then east along Pho Si road past the Charoen Hotel. The No. 6 bus runs between the No. 2 bus terminal and Rangsina Market, while bus No. 23 runs between bus terminals Nos. 1 and 2. The fare for all city buses is 4 baht.- By Car The car rental places opposite the Udon Hotel offers sedan, jeeps and vans for hire starting at around 1,200 baht.
- By Sam lor Sam lors drivers in Udon Thani practically doubled their rates overnight when 50 Americans arrived to work on the VOA station outside the town in 1990-91, apparently the engineers were throwing their dollars around with abandon. With a permanent contingent of VOA employees in the area, just about any farang (foreigner) who happens to pass through Udon Thani will have to deal with this two tier price system. Reasonable fares are 10 baht to 15 bahts per kilometer.
Festivals & Events
Phra Phutthabat Bua Bok Worship Fair (งานนมัสการพระพุทธบาทบัวบก)
Date : MarchThis annual fair is held during the13th – 15th waxing moon days of the 3rdlunar month with booths of goods and local products for sale.
Thung Si Mueang Udon Thani and Mi-khit Cloth Fair (งานทุ่งศรีเมืองอุดรธานีผ้าหมี่ขิต)
Date : DecemberThis annual fair is held around December. There are booths of goods and local products, such as silk cloth, Khit-pattern woven cloth, hand – woven cloth, Mi-Khit cloth, and a golden dragon show from the Chaopu – Chaoya Chinese Spirit Shrine.
Banchiang Hotel ,Udonthani, Thailand 
http://www.banchianghotel.com/5 mookmontri rd. Amphoe Muang ,Udonthani, Thailand. 41000 Tel : (042) 327911-29 FAX : (042) 223200
52 Thaniya Plaza Silom Road. Bangrak, Bangkok Thailand 10500 Tel : (02) 2312204 Fax : (02) 2312669
E-mail : info@banchianghotel.com
52 Thaniya Plaza Silom Road. Bangrak, Bangkok Thailand 10500 Tel : (02) 2312204 Fax : (02) 2312669
E-mail : info@banchianghotel.com
Banchiang Hotel ,Udonthani, Thailand
5 mookmontri rd. Amphoe Muang ,Udonthani, Thailand. 41000 Tel : (042) 327911-29 FAX : (042) 223200
52 Thaniya Plaza Silom Road. Bangrak, Bangkok Thailand 10500 Tel : (02) 2312204 Fax : (02) 2312669
E-mail : info@banchianghotel.com
5 mookmontri rd. Amphoe Muang ,Udonthani, Thailand. 41000 Tel : (042) 327911-29 FAX : (042) 223200
52 Thaniya Plaza Silom Road. Bangrak, Bangkok Thailand 10500 Tel : (02) 2312204 Fax : (02) 2312669
E-mail : info@banchianghotel.com
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| It is lush green in Udon Thani. Lots of sightseeing activity. Worth to live there. |
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