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Guide To Khon Kaen

Khon Kaen Land Of Dinosaurs

Go anywhere in Khon Kaen and you`re sure to come across dinosaurs. All the main roads leading to Khon Kaen have huge life size replicas of dinosaurs. on the outskirts of the city. The nickname of Khon Kaen Football Team is the T-Rexs’. The water park is called Dino Water Park. All the parks in…

Village Life – A Typical Day in A Rural Khon Kaen Village

Working in the fields   There`s a rhythm to life in an Esan rural village in Khon Kaen which is totally different to that say of a town or city. The first stirrings of life come before sun rise as charcoal fires are lit for cooking, dogs stretch out from their slumbers and cockerels noisily…

Driving Round The Bend In Khon Kaen

Driving in Khon Kaen or actually anywhere in Thailand should come with a government health warning. For good reasons Thailand is now ranked number 1 country in the world for the most road accidents and deaths. Even those figures should be higher. Since, if you are injured in a road accident, but carted off to…

Khon Kaen Stores Selling Farang Food

Lets be honest here there aren’t many of us living in Khon Kaen that don`t occasionally miss food or drink, of one sort or another, from back home. And, as you may know, there are several places in Khon Kaen where you can buy the real McCoy so to speak. Though usually at an imported…

Khon Kaen T Bone Steak House

  The first time I dined at T Bone Steak House in khon kaen was June 2017. I’ve since been back twice because it’s good. A Texan friend of mine also ate there with me and Texans know a thing or two about good steak. He liked it too. So what’s so good about it?…

Khon Kaen Matching T-Shirts Phenonmenon

There is a phenomenon, not just here in Khon Kaen, but throughout Thailand for wearing matching t-shirts. This is almost exclusively amongst Thais. Have you ever noticed it? Pay attention and you soon will. I was blissfully oblivious to this dress code that was until after I got married. My wife bought us some ‘lovey…

Hand Woven Sticky Rice Baskets Khon Kaen

If you live in Khon Kaen or especially the countryside I`m sure you will have come across sticky rice and the basket that it is served in. Sticky rice is common enough as are the baskets, which you probably pay absolutely no attention to at all. Me neither. Until I started to watch my wife’s…

Khon Kaen By The Sea Marina Cafe

Marina Cafe Khon Kaen”But you like sailing and Khon Kaen is nowhere near the sea!” This oft said comment by friends was still not enough to put off this gritty and determined Aussie boatman. So he went ahead, moved to Khon Kaen anyway and spent 2 years building a marvelous twin sail boat. It really…

Piman Family Fitness Centre in Khon Kaen

The Piman Family Fitness Centre in Khon Kaen is a an absolute gem for getting fit, relaxing and having fun with the entire family. It is tucked away on Rop Bueng Road off the south east corner of Bueng Kaen Nakhon Lake. If you drive around the lake look for a Tesco Express on the…

The Chareon Thani Hotel Khon Kaen

The Chareon Thani Hotel in the centre of Khon Kaen shares a special place in my heart. It’s where I first met my wife and where we spent our first night together as a married couple. So if for no other reasons than those, I decided to write a little article about it. The 4…