Exploring the Isaan region of Northeast Thailand is a must if you’re road tripping Thailand. We love nothing more than doing a slow drive and if we’re going to do a road trip in Thailand, our first choice will be the Isaan region, Thailand’s most off-the-beaten-track region in the remote northeast of the country. ‘Isaan’ … Read more
Located in a lovely valley amid gently undulating hills, Dan Sai, in the Loie Province of Thailand’s Isaan region, is a town of dilapidated wooden houses that is famous for Phi Ta Kon, a boisterous three-day rainmaking festival, also known as the Ghost Festival, which coincides with a grand merit-making event known as Boon Luang. At … Read more
Exploring the Isaan region of northeastern Thailand on the lovely backroads to Loie was a highlight of a road trip through Thailand’s largest, poorest and least developed region. While the enchanting Khmer Empire temples took our breath away, the quiet countryside gave us a chance to breathe. From Khon Kaen, where we explored gleaming gold … Read more
Exploring the Isaan wasn’t only about scrambling spectacular Khmer Empire temples at dawn, feasting on fiery northeastern Thai food at local eateries and mouthwatering markets, and absorbing lush bucolic landscapes dotted with farmers tending rice crops and herding cows, Thailand’s northeastern Isaan region is also famous for its silk, another remnant of ancient Angkor, and … Read more
It was a scorcher of a day. We’d tried hard to time our arrival at the ruins of the Khmer Empire era temple of Prasat Hin Phimai, slap bang in the centre of the small town of Phimai in Thailand’s northeastern Isaan region, for the late afternoon. But somehow we’d still arrived early in the … Read more