I spent good times with friends from Udon ,I was based in KK then and most weeks we'd meet up, ride our big bikes around the area NongKhai, Loei etc. then back to the Udon entertainment which was much better in the days before Central and Soi Sampan IMO.There were lots of good farang bars with good food Steves Harry's bar on the ring road and Soi Farang opposite Robinsons.It lost a lot of it's appeal IMO when Central was built and the bars moved.