Amphoe Kuchi Narai
Ban Khok Kong Phu-Thai Village
The Phu-Thai is an Isan tribe which has its own culture,
language and now gives you the opportunity to visit the village
and stay for a night or two in the houses of the villagers. Food
is included (its traditional Lao food but with choice of more
western one). You can watch the show that all the villagers participate
in traditional “monkey dancing” by the children and
Phu-Thai music and dances performed by the women of the village.
The ways of weaving and crafting are also on display. Two minutes
walk from village’s centre is a forest park with waterfalls
and streams.
Getting There: Ban Khok Kong is 15 kilometres east of
Kuchinarai district. The village can be reached by a bus from
Khon Kaen or by cantacting the village itself.
Public Transport :
1. From Bangkok, travel by by or train to Khon Kaen, then take
the bus which runs to Mukdahan and tell the driver to stop at
Ban Na Krai and then motorbike taxi to the village, or
2. From Bangkok’s Mochit Bus Terminal, take the Bangkok-Mukdahan
bus and go down at Ban Bua Khao, then take big pick-up (Song Thaeo
in Thai) or motorbike taxi to the villang.
For more information, contact E-mail: Eran777@yahoo.com or Tel:
0 4385 2003 to ask for Khun Soen.
