Sakon Nakhon Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Phu Sakon (0 4271 2259; 332/3 Th Sukkasem; 8.30am-5pm) is the agent for PB Air (in Bangkok 0 2261 0222; www.pbair.com), which flies once or twice daily to/from Bangkok (one way 2745B, one hour).

Buses serve Ubon Ratchathani (ordinary/air-con 125/225B, five hours, eight daily), That Phanom (ordinary/air-con 38/68B, 1¼ hours, 14 daily), Nakhon Phanom (ordinary/air-con 47/85B, 1½ hours, hourly), Udon Thani (ordinary/air-con 78/109B, 3½ hours, every half-hour), Khon Kaen (ordinary/air-con 92/166B, four hours, five daily) and Bangkok’s northern bus terminal (air-con/32-seat VIP 360/540B, 11 hours, every half-hour).

There are also departures for Udon Thani (every half-hour) and Khon Kaen (six daily) from the Esso petrol station north of the bus terminal, while 999 VIP (0 4271 2860) has 24-seat buses to Bangkok (715B, 8.30am, 7.30pm, 7.45pm) from its office on the road out of town.