Surin to Chiang Mai ?

[royzilla]

can anyone suggest me a route from surin to chiang mai? a 1 night stop is ok.

[NCC1701A]

driving?

[PoorSucker]

You can fly from UdonThani to Chiang Mai with NokAir.

[harrry]

oops read wrong.

[Patronus]

From Buriram I have stopped at Pitsanaluk. I believe I went to Korat then 201 and ontoroute 11. Google directions will help.

Contact Thai Visa member Kwaibah - he regularly travels Kap Choeng (Surin) to Chiang Mai but he does it in one go.

[MichaelSong]

If you follow Google directions, dont take the 24 from Surin but take the 226 (Buriram - Korat (Nakon ratchasima) ) instead. The 24 is very damaged and there is a lot less traffic on the 226. Uttaradit is a nice place to stop and to buy fruit.

[royzilla]

hi thanks. i was thinking of this route.

what you guys think? where are 2 lanes and i heard that from khonkaen to phitsanulok teh road is a new 4 lane but not finish yet?

i think i will stay 1 night in phitsanulok

[royzilla]

this is the another option. i just want to avoid 2 lanes.

[MichaelSong]

I dont know what your intention is , the road beween KK and Phitsanulok passes through two national parks , each time a scenic 2 lane road so dont count on an average of more than 40 km/h there. The other half of the distance is ok and they were converting most straights to 4 lane last time I past there a few months ago.

It took me about 6 hours to cover the 320 km (including short lunch break)... and I am not a slow driver ... and the road was dry .

[MichaelSong]

Just mist your last post, yes I would recommend the second option, certainly under current weather conditions. Maybe take the KK option on the way back ?