Need Help With An Address In Sakon Nakhon

[reispr01]

Hello. I'm new to the site. I want to see if anyone can help me "decipher" an address.

It was given to me as the following (I will delete the actual number):

ban Pakho Tombontaraa aomper mong gungvat sakon nakhon 47230

Is this a misspelling? Did the address get corrupted in a translation somehow?

I did look up what appears to be the zip code (47230) but came up with Pon Nakaew.

I'm not familiar with Thai addresses, so I'm afraid if I send the letter addressed this way, it'll never reach it's destination.

Any advice or "good guesses" would be most appreciated. Thanks!

[aging one]

Ban Pakho would be the town. Tambon Tara is a district, Aphur Muang is the main area of a province, the provential capital, gungvat, I dont have a clue, Sakorn Nakorn is the province.

[Thetyim]

gungvat, I dont have a clue

Could be Chumwat meaning province

[Thetyim]

I would hazard that you should write the address like this

Ban Pakho
Tambon Taraa
Amphur Muang
Chumwat Sakon Nakhon 47000

[aging one]

Could be changwat is how I would have spelled it. But sure as heck thats what it has to be.

But it should have some numbers plus something that is either Mu or Moo and a digit.

Like 345/34 Mu 4

Name

Numbers and Mu

Then the rest of the address.

[DrB0b]

gungvat, I dont have a clue, Sakorn Nakorn is the province.

It's Jangwat, Province. Jangwat Sakorn Nakorn. The spelling in the address is atrocious

if I send the letter addressed this way, it'll never reach it's destination.

It won't.

Try This, I don't know how to spell Baan Pakho but I've changed other names into a form the Thai Post office will understand.

Baan Pakho
Tambol Tha Rae
Amphur Muang
Sakon Nakhon
47230

[aging one]

Bob dont you think it needs a name or address? Nice job on that though. Concise.

[Thetyim]

DrB0b's spelling looks better than mine

Post code for Amphur Muang should be 47000

[dirtydog]

Google prefers this.
Baan Pak Tho Tambon Tharae

[Thetyim]

But it should have some numbers plus something that is either Mu or Moo and a digit.

It was given to me as the following (I will delete the actual number):

....

[DrB0b]

Bob dont you think it needs a name or address? Nice job on that though. Concise.

OP said he left them out deliberately.

[DrB0b]

Can't the person you need to mail give you the address in Thai? Print it out and stick it on your mail, put the English address on too and you're covered inside and outside Thailand.

[Norton]

Print it out and stick it on your mail

Or if you get it email, cut and paste here.

[Luanghans]

Postal code identifies
Amphoe Phon Na Kaeo

45 KM from The provincial capitol Sakon Nakhon

wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphoe_Phon_Na_Kaeo

[Norton]

Postal code identifies Amphoe Phon Na Kaeo

If the postal code is correct then all the above are suspect.

[aging one]

Well take foot out of mouth ao! Learn to read as well. It will make it there now. Cheers.

[reispr01]

YOU GUYS ARE ALL GREAT! Gave me a chuckle, too. Thanks for the help!

[Luanghans]

amphoe (district): Phon Na Kaeo
tambon (Subdistrict): Tha Rae
Ban (Village/Town): Ban Phon Population 6,378
gungvat == took a minute fo figure that one+
Changwat (Province) Sakon Nakhon

[Bogon]

^Well done one and all! Would have loved to see AO, Bob, DD, Thetyim and Norton sat round a pub table discussing the address. Sure it would have been debated for over an hour!
Pats on back all round guys.

[chitown]

I would hazard that you should write the address like this

Ban Pakho
Tambon Taraa
Amphur Muang
Chumwat Sakon Nakhon 47000

I thought it was jungwat....not to be a spelling Nazi since it is Thai

[Thetyim]

I thought it was jungwat

Yes sorry, I got my hand up for that one.
Jungwat is province, chumwat is cycle.

[Bogon]

Not being Hitler's (Chitown's) 2nd in command but I'm with him.

จังหวัด = จ(j) ั(u) ง(ng) ห(not pronounced) ว(w) ั(u) ต(t) = jungwut/jungwat.

[chitown]

[Norton]

(number), Moo (number)
Baan Pakho
Tambon Tha Rae
Meuang Sakon Nakhon
Sakon Nakhon
Thailand, 47230

Coincidentally there is a Catholic Diocese in same Tambon. You wouldn't be a priest would ya?

http://www.genesis.in.th/

[aging one]

the point is we have a happy mailer and a bunch of guys that helped. I am sure the OP is quite happy indeed, and he got a real taste of TD which he seemed to enjoy. Cheers all around.

^Well done one and all! Would have loved to see AO, Bob, DD, Thetyim and Norton sat round a pub table discussing the address. Sure it would have been debated for over an hour! Pats on back all round guys.

I would love to share a beer with all involved in this thread. It was damn fun.