Although probably to late, I noticed two hotels in Khemmerat. Both were on the river, one a little to the south of town, I stayed there, and one that was closer in the town. I think the one I stayed at was 300 baht for one bed, and 500 baht for two, with a/c and cable tv. Khemmerat was a nice place,...

Cyclist, Mike and I did our ride from Udon Thani to Bangkok, it turned out a bit different, if interested you can check out my version of it here: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o=3Tzut&doc_id=4358&v=CJ Just a couple of things, the 212 along the Mekhong on the section we rode, Tha U-Then to Khe...

Cyclist, Here's the link directly to the the journal for my last trip that Mike mentioned: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/?o=3Tzut&doc_id=3305&v=Jl This journal was in part Lampang to Udon. As for Hotels, out on highway 12 there are a bunch of hotels just before the drop down the hill to Lom Sok...

Aardvark, On the first day of the tour I was more interested in just surviving rather than taking pictures. I need to work on that. If you are interested and have some spare time, I have five other journals for rides in Thailand, the majority of which take place in the NE, they can be found here: ht...

On my last trip to Thailand I rode my bicycle on day from Udon to Ubonrat. I took the 210 to the 2315 and followed it until it became a dirt road and climbed a hill. The road stayed dirt for many kms but it impossible to get lost or anything, then you hit the 2146 and pavement again. The story and s...

I live in California, but I have spent thee nights in Udon.

Why are Thais greedy? Why are foreigners stupid? I'm sure this lady has seen enough of her friends, or maybe has heard stories of how much money foreigners give to Thai lady, so shes just in on the action. And she starts at 200k and you'll end up paying her 50k. You feel like you just saved 150K and...