text: [{"text_idx": "#000011", "text": "Aranyaprathet to BangkokAranyaprathet to Nakhon Sawan"}, {"text_idx": "#000036", "text": "Nakhon Pathom to Hua Hin"}, {"text_idx": "#000041", "text": "Nan to BangkokNan to Chiang Mai"}, {"text_idx": "#000042", "text": "Nong Bua Lamphu to Bangkok"}, {"text_idx": "#000046", "text": "Phrae to BangkokPhrae to Chiang Mai"}, {"text_idx": "#000048", "text": "Ranong to BangkokRanong to Phuket"}, {"text_idx": "#000053", "text": "Songkhla to Nakhon Si Thammarat"}, {"text_idx": "#000054", "text": "Sukhothai to KalasinSukhothai to Khon Kaen"}, {"text_idx": "#000056", "text": "Tak to ChanthaburiTak to Pattaya"}, {"text_idx": "#000057", "text": "Trang to BangkokTrang to Phuket"}, {"text_idx": "#000079", "text": "Pattaya to Hua Hin Ferry"}, {"text_idx": "#000088", "text": "Nakhon Si Thammarat to Bangkok"}, {"text_idx": "#000090", "text": "Phitsanulok to BangkokPhitsanulok to Chiang Mai"}, {"text_idx": "#000093", "text": "Trang to BangkokTrang to Hua Hin"}, {"text_idx": "#000101", "text": "Hua Hin to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)"}, {"text_idx": "#000111", "text": "By bus it takes 16 hours 15 minutes to travel from Chiang Mai to Nakhon Phanom."}, {"text_idx": "#000117", "text": "Reasons to travel to Nakhon Phanom"}, {"text_idx": "#000118", "text": "There are two main reasons why foreign travellers come to Nakhon Phanom. The first reason is that it is close to the 3rd Thai-Lao Friendship which is the closest access point from Thailand to Savannakhet in Laos. The second reason is that Nakhon Phnom is the closest major town to That Phanom, which is the location of one of the most important temples in Thailand, Wat Phra That Phanom. Wat Phra That Phanom is famous for its 57 metres tall white and gold chedi believed to contain the breastbone of the Lord Buddha brought from India to That Phanom by a monk who could fly just a few years of the Lord Buddha died."}, {"text_idx": "#000120", "text": "Nakhon Phanom is also somewhere worth visiting in it\u2019s own right. The local government and tourist board have started to develop Nakhon Phanom as a tourist destination. One of the more successful initiatives have been the installation of a very pleasant cycle lane from the town to the 3rd Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge which runs along the Mekong River past most of the town\u2019s historical buildings. The views across the river to the hills of Laos are fabulous. Another initiative has been the installation of a shrine to the mythical Naga on the riverfront in the centre of the town. The Naga are mythical beasts which are believed to live at the bottom of the Mekong River travelling there via the portal to another realm which is located at Wat Kham Chanot temple in Udon Thani."}]