Thread: Ubon Ratchatani March 2016.

Boys had a guitar going and blowing a trumpet. Very good they where.

So we ordered up a feed, listened to these guys play their music and spent a very pleasant 3 hours here.

After a nice day we headed back to Ubon for the night before heading out the next day to visit the National parks. We finished the day with a walk out to the river restaurant in Ubon. I'll finish this thread here as the Parks deserve a separate thread. This was a few days in Ubon, one day walking around and one day in the car. Cheers.

Originally Posted by terry57

A tiny corner of this Dam is reserved for the plebs to play in.They have Jet Ski's available, a water park and numerous floating platforms where people can eat and get pissed up. Do not consider going here on A weekend or public holiday, we were in the Mid week so it was pleasantly quiet. Actually it's bloody outright dangerous, the Thais get pissed up here and then hit the main road back into Ubon.

Hat Pattaya Noi

Hat Pattaya Noi (Sirindhorn, Thailand): Address, Attraction Reviews - TripAdvisor

Did you continue to the dam itself? There is a lovely park and restaurant next to it.

Nice, thanks for sharing.

Originally Posted by terry57

Nice spot just to hang out.

That's the kind of place where you break out the reading material and consume five beers - no more, no less.

Central Plaza in Ubon opened 5 or 6 years ago. When it first opened the aquarium was so beautiful. There were sharks, stingrays, and many colorful tropical fish. But like all things Thai...zero maintenance. So today no fish. Makro in Ubon is nothing special.

Originally Posted by sabang

Originally Posted by Henrie

50 baht more actually. And it's a principle thing for me.

It's well worth a visit- nicely done. I hire a golf buggy, and cruise around. My only objection is they don't sell beer! But it's set in natural forest, and whilst it isn't the biggest zoo in the world (though still expanding), the animal compounds are all nice, and it leaves you feeling good. For the opposite, check out the tiger zoo in Trakhan Phuetphon.

You nailed it pretty well Sabang. I took the family on Christmas day. Went as late as possible to escape the heat, hired a buggy and had a blast. The 4 year old son was in heaven as he got to drive and the older sisters really enjoyed it. Even the missus seemed half impressed (which is something!)

We were the only ones on the road and had it all to ourselves. The private show one bloke gave us with the tigers and some meat was a highlight. Hopefully the video works below.

Originally Posted by astasinim

Originally Posted by stroller

No pics of MeMock's place?

Peppers? Sold to an American guy, if I remember correctly. I Called in last time I was up there. Nice place.

Yep - still called Peppers. I call in every time I visit. Still some original staff there as well.
I sold to an Aussie called John who ran it for three years and then sold to the current owner Julian (American / German).

Nice to see it continuing to do well.

Yes I was wrong about the opening of Central Plaza. It opened in April of 2013. But I wasn't wrong about lack of aquarium maintenance. Look at the picture. All that black shit used to be beautiful coral. I heard the shark bite rumour too. That would explain the shark. But the rest of the fish slowly died off.

Originally Posted by MeMock

Originally Posted by astasinim

Originally Posted by stroller

No pics of MeMock's place?

Peppers? Sold to an American guy, if I remember correctly. I Called in last time I was up there. Nice place.

Yep - still called Peppers. I call in every time I visit. Still some original staff there as well.
I sold to an Aussie called John who ran it for three years and then sold to the current owner Julian (American / German).

Nice to see it continuing to do well.

Think it's doing better then ever, go there every time we go to Ubon, kids love the pizzas and always seem to get free cake to take away.
Julian and Bee, have done an excellent job, I can highly recommend the place.

Terry, nice thread, just goes to show Ubon province is not the endless nowhere that many think it is.
Will catch up next time your out this way, show you some of the places farangs seldom see.

Is there still a pub called wrong way cafe , or something like that in Ubon, American guy used to run it

^^
Yep, will catch you next time.

Thailand is chock full of brilliant natural attractions. So much the run of the mill tourist will never see.

Originally Posted by tunk

Yes I was wrong about the opening of Central Plaza. It opened in April of 2013. But I wasn't wrong about lack of aquarium maintenance. Look at the picture. All that black shit used to be beautiful coral. I heard the shark bite rumour too. That would explain the shark. But the rest of the fish slowly died off.

Even without the fish it is still a nice attraction. Buts lets forget about the fish and talk about Central its self.

It's bloody great,

The huge food court is a winner and the way they have constructed it has been very well thought out.

Throw the Cinema in and it's a top place. Considering it's not in Bangkok I recon it's a full on winner.

Originally Posted by somtamslap

Originally Posted by terry57

Nice spot just to hang out.

That's the kind of place where you break out the reading material and consume five beers - no more, no less.

If one lived in Ubon full time and visited the river every day I may agree with you but considering I'm a full time tourist living in Bangkok I love visiting the Mekong and sitting by it having a few beers.

Hence I'll never live full time in the province but only ever be a frequent visitor.

I never want to consider sitting by the Mekong as only reading material.

Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker

Is there still a pub called wrong way cafe , or something like that in Ubon, American guy used to run it

Yes it is. Richard the American separated with his wife Ting who still runs the place. He is now in southern Laos starting a trout farm or something.

I going to add this Bamboo bridge that connects an Island on the Mon river in the dry season.

Work of art it is.

I saw one of those `work of art` wooden bridges near Cha Am fishing village, not as long asthT one mind. Some poor woman was going over it on a scooter when it collapsed.

A google search shows that "work of art" in your photo has replaced one that collapsed before too. Although there were a thousand odd people on it at the time.
Bamboo bridge collapse injures a dozen in Mae Hong Son - Thai PBS English News

Ummm, Ubon is quite a long way from Mae Hong Son..

Originally Posted by MeMock

Originally Posted by beerlaodrinker

Is there still a pub called wrong way cafe , or something like that in Ubon, American guy used to run it

Yes it is. Richard the American separated with his wife Ting who still runs the place. He is now in southern Laos starting a trout farm or something.

yep that's him. Good bloke,used to bump into him from time to time in Vientiane, think he had a bit of a harem here.

Excellent, another one for the "must see" list. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the review, might be going to check out Ubon soon, you've helped sway me to a yes. Reminds me a little of Nong Khai anyway. Guess the Kong River has that draw for me.

Was thinking about going there from Nong Khai on my motorbike and the missus thinks I'm mad, so might get the flight instead. Only thing is I hate being somewhere without wheels, I guess there's a good (reasonably priced) bike hire shop around there.

Enjoy your trip man, looks great.

Scooters are available to hire but not any (many) big bikes.

Originally Posted by chenposeb

Thanks for the review, might be going to check out Ubon soon,

Reminds me a little of Nong Khai anyway. Guess the Kong River has that draw for me.

Was thinking about going there from Nong Khai on my motorbike and the missus thinks I'm mad, so might get the flight instead.

Firstly,

It is not like Nong khai, it's a big fookin city but if you bunk up at the Sri Issan hotel it will feel like NongKhai. The old part of town is great.

Secondly, if you listen to your Handbag you are mad.

Put her arse on a plane or bus and you ride down from Nong Khai.

The road trip down from Nong Khai is brilliant.

Mekong all the way.