Northern Thailand - Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Northern Thailand - page 870

Shopping
The speciality of Ubon Province is natural-dyed, hand-woven cotton and you'll find a
fantastic assortment at Grass-Root MAP GOOGLE MAP (Th Yutthaphan;

10am-5pm) and Camp

8.30am-5pm) . Punchard MAP GOOGLE MAP (Th

Fai Ubon MAP GOOGLE MAP (Th Thepyothi;

8am-7pm) and Punchard 2 (Th Pha Daeng; 9am-7pm) stock a wider array of

Ratchabut;

handicrafts.

Rawang Thang
MAP GOOGLE MAP

HANDICRAFTS

(Th Kheuan Thani; 8am-8pm Mon-Thu, 8am-9pm Fri-Sun) In addition to Ubon cotton, this
Isan-themed shop sells fun and funky T-shirts, pillows, postcards, picture frames and as-
sorted bric-a-brac, most made and designed by the friendly husband-and-wife owners.
They can fill you in on all things Ubon.

Walking Street Market
MAP GOOGLE MAP

MARKET

6-11pm Fri-Sun) This fun, youthful market takes over Th Ratchabut on (Th Ratchabut;

weekends.

Information

Ying Charoen Park (Th Ratchathani; 10.30am-7pm) , near Rajabhat university, has the
extended-hours banks nearest to downtown.

Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT; 0 4524 3770; [e-mail] ; Th Kheuan Thani;

8.30am-4.30pm) Has helpful staff.
Ubonrak Thonburi Hospital ( 0 4526 0285; Th Phalorangrit) 4-hour casualty department.

Getting There & Away

Ubon's airport is about 1km north of the city; a taxi costs only 100B. Thai Airways Interna-
tional (THAI; 0 4531 3340; www.thaiairways.com ) flies to/from Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi In-
ternational Airport, while Air Asia ( 0 2515 9999; www.airasia.com ) and Nok Air ( 0 2900
9955; www.nokair.com ) fly to/from Bangkok's Don Muang International Airport.
Ubon's bus terminal ( 0 4531 6085) is north of the town centre, just off Th Chayangkun,
accessible via sŏrngtă aou 2, 3 and 10.