Introducing Buriram Province
Touch down in the little provincial capital of Buriram, at the heart of one of Thailand’s larger provinces, and you might wonder what all the fuss is about. Despite hanging on to half of its historic moat, the city is a hard sell as a tourist destination. The best advice is to make a beeline into the countryside, where you will find a landscape chock-a-block with tradition and peppered with ruins (143 of them). Most sit in the southern half of the province, which is poised to secede from Buriram; some government offices have already put up Nang Rong Province signs.
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The crowning glory is Phanom Rung, a beautifully restored Khmer temple complex straddling the summit of an extinct volcano. The most spectacular Angkor monument in Thailand, Phanom Rung is worth the journey and should impress even those suffering acute temple overload.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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RE: I just booked my flight to Bangkok...
by BangkokBoy 07 September 2011
^^ and he missed out Buriram.
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RE: Flights from Chang Mai to Buriram & then to Krabi
by BangkokBoy 23 August 2011
@ Captain_Bob "Sorry it's Jurassic Park out there." yep, you're right............but just before you get to Surin, there's the world's…
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RE: Flights from Chang Mai to Buriram & then to Krabi
by anillos_de_saturno 23 August 2011
The OP said: +(but think airport is only in Buriram)+ Surin has an airport but, sadly for you, there aren't commercial flights to that…
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