Next stop Nang Rong, a quiet, unassuming small town some 2h southeast of Khorat, in the province of Buriram. Apart from a KFC and a couple of convenience stores, there really wasn't much in the town itself. It was about as innocuous as a small Isaan town could get. And moving deeper into the heart of Isaan, English becomes sparser and sparser, and I find myself increasingly having to test whatever Thai I'd learned in Bangkok. Nang Rong served as a stop point for visiting two ancient Khmer-style temple complexes nearby, known as Phanom Rung and Muang Tam, which were a pleasant 1h motorcycle ride away, through the Isaan countryside, and up a relatively low extinct volcano. It was almost incredible arriving at each temple complex
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