Khorat Printable View. Please select "Add New Report" to start this section. Skinless, You finally got your own page. Fill it up. Is Korat the new frontier? Skinless, Samus Aran : This is your section. Provide some info for the rest of us where to go and what to avoid.
Samus is always talking about his home base, but I have never really seen any valuable info from him. Also let us know where we get the best acommodation. I personally prefer the Sima Thani the one close to the bridge over the cheaper places like e.
But hey, that's me, others won't spend that much. Just km northeast of Bangkok, Korat is, depending on which numbers you go by, either the second or third largest city in Thailand. It is commonly referred to as the gateway to Isaan, although many people in Korat will tell you that Korat is not Isaan! I had visited Korat a couple of times previously and truth be told, I found it dull and boring. I found little to see and do, and I guess that as far as tourist destinations go, there really isn't much there.
But, visiting the city with a local is a quite different experience, and when looking at it as a possible alternative to as a pace to settle, it has potential.
In fact there is something about Korat that grabbed me on recent, albeit brief, visits. So, just what is it that Korat has that has touched me? What can a provincial Thai capital have, that the great metropolis of Bangkok does not? You can drive through the city in a relatively short amount of time and the traffic is nothing like Bangkok. It makes you realise that Bangkok really is a huge pain in the ass to get around.
