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Chiang Rai
Chiang Mai
Ayutthaya
Bangkok
Pattaya
Cha-Am
Hua Hin
Samui Island
Phuket
Krabi
Phi Phi Island
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UBON RATCHATHANI
Ubon,
located 629 km from Bangkok, is one of the country's largest provincial
capitals. The area was settled by people of mainly Lao extraction in the
late 18th century, and as such the local population have a strong affinity
with their cousins on the other side of the Mekong. Links with Laos are
being strengthened again, and the increasingly busy border crossing at
Chong Mek is developing into a centre for
Lao and Vietnamese goods and handicrafts.
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Ubon
lies on the banks of the Mun river and, considering its size, is a very
laid-back town. The province's main attractions can be found by following
the Mun river down to its confluence with the Mekong river, known as "the
Two-Coloured River". Here, boats can be hired for trips along
the river and sometimes over to Lao village. Nearby, the Pha
Taem National Park has some beautiful scenery and a cliff with paintings
believed to be around 3,000 years old. |
