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Ban-Jerd-Loei
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(Th Chai Khong; dishes 35-150B; 10am-10pm) Mekong fish (try the 'black pepper fried river
fish') is the speciality of this well-hidden riverside place (look for the Coke sign), but its
other Thai dishes are good, too.
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Rabiang Kong
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(Th Chai Khong; dishes 50-200B; 10am-10pm) Popular with locals long before the tourism boom,
the prices have risen a bit but the quality has not dropped.
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Information
There are some full-service banks in town that exchange money including Krungthai.
Bike hire generally costs 50B per day while motorcycles are 250B. Most hotels have
free bikes for their guests.
Chiang Khan Information Center (Soi 21, Th Chai Khong;
10am-5pm)
8.30am-4.30pm Mon-Fri) For visa exten-
Immigration Office (
0 4282 1911; Soi 26, Th Chai Khong;
sions.
Getting There & Away
Sŏrng·tăa·ou to Loei (35B, 1¼ hours) depart about every 15 minutes in the early morning,
and then whenever there are enough passengers, from a stop on Th Srichiang Khan (at Soi
26). They also pick up passengers at the market and Rte 201 along the way. Eight 1st-
class buses (38B, 45 minutes) leave from the Nakhonchai Air ( 0 4282 1905) terminal on Rte
201. They continue to Khorat (326B, seven hours) via Chaiyaphum.
Three companies, departing from their own offices, make the run to Bangkok (10
hours) in the morning and early evening: Air Muang Loei (
0 4282 1390; Th Srichiang Kan Soi 23;
ticket 486B) ; 999 VIP (
0 4282 1002; Soi 9; 351-756B) and Phu Kradung Tours (
08 9842 1524; Old Shell
Petrol Station, Rte 201; ticket 486B) .
No transport runs to Nong Khai. The quickest way there is via Loei and Udon Thani,
but for the scenic river route take a Loei-bound sŏrng·tăa·ou south to Ban Tad (20B, 30
minutes) where you can catch the bus to Nong Khai that leaves Loei at 6am. Another op-
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