Today we will travel to Sisaket province, concretely to Kantharalak district, near the border with Cambodia in Northeastern Thailand. The first impression is good, perhaps Isan people is the friendliest people in Thailand and they are prone to help tourists. The first thing you will notice when you arrive to the city is a white […]
Continue ReadingKhao Phra Wihan National Park, Sisaket
Khao Phra Wihan National Park is a natural area in Kantharalak, Sisaket province. The park sits at the top of the Pha Mo I Daeng cliff, part of the Dangrek mountains, close to the border between Thailand and Cambodia. The park is the Thai gateway to Preah Vihear temple. Prasat Preah Vihear comprises the ruins […]
Continue ReadingWat Sombon The Boat Temple, Sisaket
Wat Sombon in Thai วัดสมบุญ, is a very original Buddhist temple situated in Bueng Bun a district of Sisaket Province in Northeast Thailand, a region commonly referred to as Isan. A vessel-shaped temple in Northeastern Thailand Wat Sombon which literally means “the temple of the worthy merit”, was built with a very unusual structure in […]
Continue ReadingWat Lan Khuat – The Million Bottle Temple, Sisaket
Wat Lan Khuat (วัดป่ามหาเจดีย์แก้ว in Thai), also known as Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew or The Temple of a Million Bottles, is a contemporary Buddhist temple in Khun Han district of Sisaket province near the Cambodian border. The original temple has been built by monks and is made of over 1.5 million empty recycled glass […]
Continue ReadingTemple of Preah Vihear
The Preah Vihear temple is an outstanding masterpiece of Khmer architecture built during the Khmer Empire located between Thailand and Cambodia, near Sisaket’s Kantharalak. Since November 11, 2013 the temple is located in Cambodian territory. Preah Vihear temple is a Hindu temple built during the reign of Khmer Empire, on the edge of a plateau […]
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