Driving To Khon Kaen From Central Bkk

[Japhrodisiac]

We're looking to drive a small car from Suk Mid sois up to Khon Kaen in the next few days. Has anyone done this trip recently and found a flood free route? Is it possible to go stright north or do we have to swing east on a giant detour? Any driving related flood news welcome. Cheers !

[mijan24]

Travelled from Bangkok to Khon Kaen last Thursday there was only about one (1) kilometre of road flooded about axle deep stay on the overhead expressway to miss Dong Muang - traffic very heavy coming off the expressway but from there on (excuse the pun) it was plain sailing. Hope this helps.

[flash77]

Drove from Bangkok to Chumphae, Khon Kaen yesterday. I checked the Highways Department (http://maintenance.doh.go.th/) Sunday evening which has updates on the road conditions and suggested bypasses. Someone suggested there were large traffic jams on Highways 1 and 9 near the intersection that heads to Ayuthaya. So we decided on taking the Chachaengsao bypass. Headed east on the Chonburi motorway to Chachaengsao then took 304 up towards Pak Chong Chai and Korat. Very little traffic most of the way and nice driving on at least 2 lane roads. However we decided to follow our map (rather than road signs) and found a 'short cut' that added a good 2 hours on onto our trip. I guess taking the bypass to Chachaengsao (rather than via Singburi) would add 1 to 2 hours compared to the normal route (before flooding). If the traffic north of Rangsit is not too bad then it may be just as easy taking the normal route.

[Japhrodisiac]

I was cautioned to head towards Chachoengsao but it puts us a couple of hours out of the way, I did hear about normal buses running North still, but nothing confirmed. We'd be taking a little Nissan car so water/ground clearance will be a worry! Cheers all.