What's going on everybody? This is Island Hopper TV. Travel highlights coming to you from Kankan here in Isan
So I'm going to show you around Kankan a bit. This here is the lake
Now something interesting to know about this lake. It's not the main area but it's slowly becoming one of the main areas
It's really good for fitness. You can see the bike path or the jogging path. and
You can see they've got a few different temples around here those high-rises over there is actually where I'm staying
That seems to be the party area around those high-rise hotels, but
They are starting to build some nicer hotels like an IBIS Acor property is being built over there
IBIS styles I believe So that tells you that Conquen is growing but I'm gonna show you around over there where the high-rises are show you some of the temples
So this here temple is nearby the lake. We're going to walk around and see what's going on in here
So I don't know the exact functionality of this lake here, but I'm assuming it is for drinking or for potable water
You can see the pathway here goes out on the lake here
So I'm going to walk over there. So there's a second lake over here
It's nearby the Avani Hotel. Lots of stray dogs out here actually
Looks like the dogs run the roost over here. The lake is actually called Wang Sang Thang
This man has given me a great tour of Kon Ken. You know, whenever I arrive in a city I like to get a good tour so I know where everything's at
And he's showing me around. He doesn't speak any English. But that's okay
It looks like this north side of the lake actually has a track and some running area as well
Also they have nicer homes on this side. So it's more like a lifestyle here
So here we are at Central This is the biggest mall here in Tonkhen And you can see it Central Plaza They got the Christmas tree going up Let just go inside here
See what they got. Oh, yeah, very big mall Pretty much everything you could possibly need right here at Central
Anyway, once you've seen one mall, you've seen them all, but I just wanted to show you real quick
Here's a look at the elevators, for those of you who are curious about elevators
We've also got it downstairs. Alright, so here we are at the Konken Railway Station
You can see you take these stairs up to the top. I'm looking to see if they have any elevators
I don't actually see elevators here. They've got plenty of stairs. Let's see if this guy will let me go in
You can buy your ticket right here. But yeah, it's a huge station
Wow. Maybe I can go to Udon Tani from here
Alright, so it looks like they do have elevators right here. This one goes to Nongkai and Udantani, which is in the far north
There's two different elevator platforms. I guess it goes to Udantani about four different times
5.20, 9.30 a.m. So 5.20 in the morning, 9.30 in the morning
I think she said 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Here's where it can go north
you can see lots of different stops between here and Nang Kai, which is right at the border of Lao
Alright, so we found a night market here. This is right in the central area, basically
You can see they're setting up shop for some food here Plenty of options Some pork Looks like a food market actually
It's about 5.30. Still hasn't fully opened just yet, but it's getting there
It's a pretty standard Thai market here. Alright, so I'm just going to show you around some of the nightlife here
starting out at El Carlos, Argentina Steakhouse, Pomodoro Italian Restaurant. We've got Crash Bar and Eatery
And right here is the Pullman Hotel to the left. And then over here we have more bars
So the Pullman Hotel has about 250 rooms. It's a five-star hotel
It's very old, though. Chillin' Bar seems to always have people. Good friends, bar, and restaurant
In the daytime, the massage place, the laundry, and the car for rent
are like the only things that are really open. And then just when you go around this corner here
also got some more bars like Happy Times more car rental massage
family restaurant it's about 7.50 on a
Thursday night or is it a Wednesday night sorry 7-11. So, hello! Hello
So, Eric's bar seems to be pretty good
This is kind of near central. I would say this is one of the better areas
like you come here at like 10 or 11 on a Friday night
It's probably the best place to be. This is just a whole corner here We got another outdoor dining area steakhouse This is Kosa steakhouse
You got the innovation center right here Concant innovation center We got a nice market down there tops market
And then I'll walk over here towards the main road and I'll pick up what you do foot massage huh oh everything massage oh good massage okay
this is right here oh I don't know TV okay
They stopped me and were like, hey, massage, massage. Got another massage place right here
So you can see this, like, block. This is the area. See, there's Kosa
Kosa is a big hotel. pretty much has everything. I guess it's kind of like the Pullman
Some Thai food there. Local Thai food. Some new construction. And we've got another bar here
This one's called Bowery. That one looks nice
We've got some really good places out here. And this here is a look at the executive suite here at the Pullman Hotel
I did pay for the executive suite part of the upgrade. It was about $130 a night
you just basically get a big room and it's very spacious. I would do it again actually because
I found the price to be very reasonable. But yeah, I just wanted to show you a look at this
And then here's a look at the room at the AdLib. So you can see this is also a very nice hotel. If
you guys want to come over to the other channel, Island Hopper TV Hotels, you can also see these
full tours of the Pullman and the AdLib in their entirety. But yeah. And there you go. That's
Konken for you. It's a short overview. Hope you guys enjoy your time there
and I'll see you on the next one from Udon Tani