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:: Amphoe Kaset Wisai
Ku Ka Sing
Ku Ka Sing can be reached by taking a branch road off the
Kaset Wisai-Suwannaphum road for 10 kilometres. The other way is
by taking the Roi Et-Surin route to Ku Phra Ko Na and then a right-hand
road for 18 kilometres. Ku Ka Sing is a large Khmer structure built
in the 16th Buddhist century. It consists of 3 pagodas on the same
base. This base has elaborate designs. Many statues and lintels
are kept in the province’s museum.
:: Amphoe Selaphum
Bung Klua
Bung Klua is in Tambon Muang Phrai, 10 kilometres east of
the district office. This large lake has a white beach popular with
locals.
:: Amphoe Thawat Buri
Ban Wai Luem
Ban Wai Luem is 25 kilometres from Roi Et on the Si Sa Ket-Yasothon
route. This silk-weaving village has a housewife group selling village
products.
Prang Ku
Prang Ku is at Ban Yang Ku, Tambon Ma-I. To get there, take
the Roi Et-Phon Thong road (Highway No. 2044) for 8 kilometres.
This medical centre of the Khmer period was built in the 18th Buddhist
century and comprises a main pagoda, a wall, a doorway, and a pool
outside the wall. The artefacts displayed here include a sandstone
lintel that was once above the doorway of the main pagoda, door
columns and a lotus-shaped top part of the pagoda.
:: Amphoe Muang
Bueng Phlan Chai
This is a large lake with an island in the middle. The lake is regarded
as the symbol of Roi Et. The area has a public park and is the site
of the city shrine.
Wat Burapha Phiram
This temple is situated in town and has the tallest Buddha
image in the giving blessing posture in Thailand. This is another
provincial symbol. The image is called Phra Phuttha Ratta Mongkhon
Maha Muni, or called Luang Pho Yai by locals. The 67-metre-high
image is concrete with reinforced steel. The base is a museum. To
the west is an old city moat where the revered Chao Pho Mahesak
Shrine is located.
Wat Klang Ming Mueang
This is an old temple on a hill in the town. The convocation
hall was built in the late Ayutthaya period. The outer wall has
a mural on the life of Lord Buddha. In the old days the temple was
the site of a pledge of allegiance to the king.
Wat Sa Thong
The Luang Pho Sang Katchai Buddha image is located in this
temple. This revered Buddha image was discovered by Phraya Khattiya
Wongsa, the first lord of Roi Et, in 1782. He then brought the image
to the temple and made it the provinces main image. Government officials
were once obliged to swear in front of the image every year.
:: Amphoe Suwannaphum
Ku Phra Ko Na
Ku Phra Ko Na is in Tambon Sa Khu, 60 kilometres from Amphoe
Mueang on the Roi Et-Suwannaphum-Surin route. The site is 3 brick
pagodas on a sandstone base lined from north to south. A wall and
a doorway are also present. Estimated to have been built in the
16th Buddhist century, much of the pagoda had been altered. There
used to exist a lintel, a Naga bridge and a sheltered walkway leading
to the pool nearby.
Northeastern Botany in Literature Park
This is in Tambon Pha Nam Yoi, 85 kilometres from Yasothon.
Plants here are from Thai literature like Phra Wetsandon and Lilit
Phra Lo. There are also herbs categorised according to their medicinal
attributes.
Pha Nam Yoi Forest Park
This forest park is at Ban Khok Klang, northeast of Nong
Phok district office. To get there, take Highway No. 2044 and 2136
for 62 kilometres. The park has a steep cliff that rises about 200
metres. Water seeps down the entire year. The area is a thick jungle
teeming with wildlife.
Thung Kula Rong Hai
This land used to be an expansive, dry, harsh place in the
middle of the region. It covers 5 provinces which are Roi Et, Surin,
Buri Ram, Yasothon, and Maha Sarakham. One-third of the area is
in Roi Et. There is a legend that says the Kula people were traders
in ancient times who were also great fighters with excellent stamina.
However, they cried when they got to Thung Kula Rong Hai because
it was such a desolate place without water and big trees. Nowadays
the area is fertile due to the efforts of the government to develop
it and is suitable for agriculture. The development centre is 6
kilometres from the district office, a bit past Ku Phra Ko Na.
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