Buriram & Nang Rong Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

Air-con buses to Bangkok’s Northern bus terminal (227B, six hours) depart all day long; 999 VIP (0 4461 5081), with an office at the terminal, has a daily 24-seater (450B) at 10.20pm. The other main destinations from Buriram’s bus terminal (0 4461 2534) are Khorat (ordinary/air-con 65/95B, three hours, every half-hour) and Surin (air-con 35B, hourly).

Train

Buriram is on the Bangkok–Ubon line and is served by 10 trains a day. The fastest services (taking under six hours) leave Bangkok at 5.45am and 9.50pm, and depart for Bangkok at 5.15pm. The slower trains take between seven and 8½ hours. Fares to Bangkok start at 67B for 3rd class and 265B for 2nd class, and go as high as 1016B for an air-con sleeper cabin on one of the overnight services. To Ubon Ratchathani (3rd/2nd class 40/201B) takes between 2½ and four hours, while Khorat (3rd/2nd class 24/165B) is two hours from Buriram on most trains.

You can get up-to-date train information from the train station (0 4461 1202).

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Air

PB Air (in Bangkok 0 2261 0222; www.pbair.com) flies to Bangkok (one way 2360B, 50 minutes) five days a week. Buy tickets at Phu Siam Tours (0 4462 5065; Th Romburi; 8am-5pm) in the back of the Speed Music Complex.

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