Khon Kaen, Korat and Khao yai with the kids
My kids have been on school holidays and have done bugger all besides play with there ipad, so we decided to go on a road trip from vientiane to khao yai national park stopping of to look at anything interesting along the way,
The first day we were at the bridge early and departed nongkhai at about 7.30
saw a nice convertible roller , where do they get the money ?
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The plan was to head for Korat and spend a night there stopping of at phimai historical park
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If temples are your thing then phimai is worth a look and was built in the 12th century some years before angkor wat they tell me .
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Somewhere before reaching phimai one of Thailands finest relieved me of a couple of hundred baht, which is par for the course usually
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Compared to Laos the roads in thailand are a joy to drive on, but thees a few mad somchais getting about and i had to keep my wits about me especially with 2 kids running riot in the back of the car
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