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[buadhai]

Muang Sema Photos

I bet most of you Isaan residents have passed within a few K of this place dozens of times and have never visited.

[skylar]

Awesome. Isssan/Esarn/Isaan is the only region of Thailand I have never been to and after seeing those pictures I'm definitely going the next time I'm in Thailand.

[Jeff1]

It looks like my house

[Insight]

Great stuff Baudhai

[britmaveric]

Great stuff Baudhai

Once again you provide some great photos - Cheers and keep them coming!!!

[buadhai]

Thanks for the kind words. The complete collection is available here:

Mike's Slide Shows

All Thailand (for now) and mostly Isaan.

[timber]

Mike some nice pictures of Thailand. Thanks for sharing them with us.

[Khutan]

Mike, any chance you can give a location, maybe Google Earth of a GPS position ?

Then I can go there myself.

[buadhai]

Muang Sema is pretty easy to find. Just take Route 2161 north off Highway 2 (Mittrapap) at the Sung Noen turn off. (You need to make a U-turn at the fly-over if you're coming from Korat.)

There are many signs in the area directing you to the various Prasat and Wats that are of interest. However, we still got lost a few times and had to ask.

Here's a Google Earth KMZ file showing the general vicinity. Note that you can make out the ancient city and the canals quite easily; even on the low resolution Google Earth photo:

Sema.kmz

[jts-khorat]

thanks buadhai for the pictures; my girlfriend's village (and my future home,. who knows?) is just a few kms away from teh Phra Non Sema.

Does anybody know if/when Google might update its satellite pics for Thailand?

[johnh101]

Its just a bl00dy shame that he went and got himself banned ! !

[Thai Chi]

Its just a bl00dy shame that he went and got himself banned ! !

I hope that is only a temporary ban I love Mikes pictures