Friday, January 24, 2014

A road name sign in Phimai has a touch of Khmer

I took this photo in Phimai, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand the day before yesterday. It may look like a low-key photo of a road name sign and an amber light, but look carefully. The road name sign has a miniature version of Khmer temples in the Phimai Historical Park. When I realised that, the sign looked super cool and I took a photo of it. By the way, if you take a bus from Nakhon Ratchasima Bus Terminal 2 (Thai: สถานีขนส่งผู้โดยสารจังหวัด นครราชสีมา แห่งที่ 2) to get to the Phimai Historical Park (Thai: ปราสาทหินพิมาย), you will get out of the bus on this road: Buchayan Road (Thai: ถนนบูชายันต์). The ancient Khmer temples are a few-minute walk from the bus stop. When you want to return to Korat city, you can catch your bus on the other side of the road from your arrival bus stop. There's an illustrated sign of a bus stop in front of stalls. Remember, busses may not stop at exactly in front of the bus stop, so if you see a bus which says Ratchasima on its side, just walk toward the bus and say "Korat" then get on and have a seat. Shortly after you take a seat, a person in charge will come to your seat to sell a ticket. In Korat, you can get out of the bus at any bus stop, so you don't have to sit in a bus to the Bus Terminal. In my case, Nakhon Ratchasima Bus Terminals are not within walking distance from my current accommodation, so I got out of the bus near a gate and returned to my apartment on foot.

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