Udon Thani Timedrive udon thani to chiang mai
drive udon thani to chiang mai
Chaing Mai by Duncan Travers
The wall surrounding Chain Mai by Duncan Travers
Chaing Mai by Duncan Travers
This site gives the following recommended scenic drive:
The Mekong Explorer Route
Udon Thani to Loei
The most scenic drive from Udon Thani to Loei is not the one generally highlighted by road signs (which indicate a quicker route via Nong Bua Lamphu), but a journey that fundamentally hugs the banks of the Mekong upstream.
From Udon Thani, head north towards Nong Khai. Before arriving in the town, look out for highway 211 leading off to the left at KM marker 158, towards Tha Bo, Si Chiang Mai, Sang Khom, Pak Chom (the former site of a major Hmong refugee camp) and Chiang Khan. This road will take you up to the Mekong at Tha Bo and then track this mighty river all the way to Chiang Khan. After Tha Bo, the scenery gradually becomes more and more dramatic, with steeper jungle-clad hills rolling down to the banks of the Mekong, opposite Laos.
From here, then head south to Loei on highway 201.
Loei to Chiang Mai
From Loei, head towards Dan Sai (if traveling in June, check out the Phi Ta Kon festival) and then to Phitsanuloke. From here travel north to Uttaradit then Phrae, before heading on to Lampang and finally to Chiang Mai itself.
However, if you wanted to stick to the more direct route, this site estimates the distance to be 434 miles, or 698 kilometres. Note that if you were to do the return trip, you’d be delighted to discover that the distance is a mile (or kilometre) shorter, somehow! The site also gives a Google map outlining the route; and has a means of calculating your fuel cost based on current local gas prices and an estimate of your car’s best gas mileage.
The Udonamp forum has a 2009/2010 thread titled PLANE FROM UDON TO CHIANG MAI that touches upon a drive one of the posters underwent. The same for another thread titled bus from udon to chaing mai, and another titled From Udonthani to Chiang Mai. There will be older threads on the same topic, but these were the most recent I was able to find.
Of course, if a drive is intended, then a car is a necessity. Udon has a few very good options that I’ve previously dealt with — just go to Categories, and look for Travel, and then Car.
UdonCarRent.com just happened to pop up while I was researching this post, so that’s the only reason I’m singling it out here.
This site allows you to book a car from any of several possible sources at a specific airport destination within Thailand. The agencies covered include MASTER CAR RENTAL, BUDGET CAR RENTAL, EXPERT CAR RENTAL, and THAI RENT A CAR. I notice that Thai Rent A Car‘s site allows you to book where you will pick up your car and later drop it off at — 13 locations within Thailand are currently listed. However, I suspect that this is likely a reasonably common arrangement that can be made with other car rental agencies.
drive udon thani to chiang mai
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heidisusan | June 21, 2008
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