Nong Khai, Thailand · Asia
Nong Khai is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Tha Bo, 5km from Buddha Park.
Nong Khai is in Thailand, with about 64,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Tha Bo, about 17 km away.
Nong Khai (Thai: เทศบาลเมืองหนองคาย, RTGS: Thetsaban Mueang Nong Khai; Lao: ໜອງຄາຍ) is a city in northeast Thailand. It is the capital of Nong Khai province. Nong Khai city is located in Mueang Nong Khai district.
Nong Khai lies on the Mekong River, near the site of the First Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge, spanning theRead more
river to Laos. The bridge, a major tourist attraction, was largely funded as a gift to the Lao government from the Australian government. It is the road and railway gateway to the Lao capital, Vientiane, 25 kilometres (16 mi) upriver, on the north bank opposite Thailand's Si Chiang Mai district. Construction of a rail spur to Thanaleng outside Vientiane was begun early-2007 and opened 5 March 2009.
Nong Khai is 626 km (389 mi) north of Bangkok by road and 60 km (37 mi) north of Udon Thani.
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Within an hour or so of Nong Khai: Buddha Park (5 km), Pha That Luang (16 km), Patuxai Victory Monument (17 km).
Nong Khai is in Nong Khai, Thailand, about 17 km from Tha Bo.
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Essential numbers in Thailand
Tourist police (English): 1155.
Full driving guide for Thailand3 notable places within an hour's drive.
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A riverside meadow outside Vientiane filled with more than 200 Buddhist and Hindu concrete sculptures cast from 1958 by mystic Bunleua Sulilat, including a reclining Buddha 40 metres long and a hollow pumpkin you climb inside.
5 km · about 10 min drive
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The gold-covered Buddhist stupa in Vientiane that is the most important national monument and symbol of Laos.
16 km · about 30 min drive
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Vientiane's own Arc de Triomphe, a massive concrete arch decorated with Lao mythological figures and offering city views from its top.
17 km · about 20 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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