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As already suggested Tham Chiang Dao, Tham Muang On and Tham Tab Tao (take your own light).
For more sporting caves try Tham Pha Daeng (near Ban Tham Klaeb on the road to Fang) and Tham Tukatan (in the hills above the H1269 to Samoeng).
All are in Chiang Mai and within a couple of hours drive of the city.
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In Topic: New Route To Luang Prabang Thru Nan
2011-12-04 12:09:33
el jefe, on 2011-12-03 22:13:01, said:
I think you can get a visa-on-arrival on the Laos side (I've only gone he other way) but you should check with the Lao govt website or the GT-Rider forum to confirm.
This thread http://www.thaivisa....n-nan-province/ says that Lao visa-on-arrival was available at the Huai Kon border crossing in October 2010.
It is a 2½ to 3 hr drive from Nan town to the border crossing. It was a very, very quiet border crossing when I visited the Thai side in August 2010. No sign of any secure car parking.
In Topic: Taksin Kills Khao Kor
2011-09-21 02:59:41
toan6082, on 2011-09-19 07:20:03, said:
...in the 1970,thais gatherd at khoa kor against corrupt government. acivil war lasted for awhile. a lot of thais died and to this day thais like to go there to remember. when the war finished the king built a palace and overseen the area to restore peace and harmony back to the area. he gave people a house plot and 12 rai to farm to people mainly from petchabun to move to this area. this was thailands only civil war and many farangs who live in thailand have no idea this happened.
A summary: The government forces were fighting against the People's Liberation Army of Thailand, the armed wing of the Communist Party of Thailand, who were supported by the Chinese and Lao Communist Parties. Many mountainous and forested areas through Thailand were controlled by the Communists. After the 1976 Thammasat massacre the Communists were joined by many students. By the early 1980s the Chinese had withdrawn their support so the government forces were gaining a military advantage. Also, the students had had enough of living in the jungle. However, it required an amnesty programme, not a military victory, to stop the insurgency.
The land plots were given by the government to some of the soldiers who had helped defeat the communist forces on Khao Khor and Phu Hin Rong Kla. Many of the soldiers involved in the fighting were technically mercenaries as they were KMT Chinese without Thai citizenship. The soldiers who received the gifts of land weren't locals from Phetchabun.
These land plots do NOT have chanote and were only to be used for farming by the soldier and his heirs. Thus the sale of this land and building of resorts is ILLEGAL.
In Topic: Nom Nao
2011-05-06 19:31:56
stoneyboy, on 2011-05-04 07:21:50, said:
canopy, on 2011-05-04 07:01:23, said:
stoneyboy, on 2011-05-03 16:15:35, said:
Sabai Dee Bor
That's Isaan. I can't say that I have heard that greeting used in Phetchabun so it may not be part of their Laos dialect though they would understand it.
Its frequently used in Lom sak which is what 48 kilometers from Phetchabun,same i hear bor pen yang as opposed to mai pen rai,we dont get the nam horn here as opposed to nam ron though.just a few minor observations on the language front,i believe your previous post has already expressed some valid points about the dialect/tradition here in Lom Sak the Laos/Isan connection.
Trying to learn Thai in Lom Sak is like trying to learn English in Aberdeen.
A Lao speaker I know puts Lom Sak at about 50% Lao and the accent seems to be instantly recognised throughout Thailand.
Other Lao words and phrases I have picked up on are 'mur' instead of 'wun' for 'day' and 'sao wao' for 'shut up'
Down in the valley in Lom Sak they don't consider it part of Isaan, but up in the hills at Nam Nao they see themselves as Isaan.
PS dancing shrimps were available at the restaurants beside the reservoir to the west of Phetchabun.
