Inpawa Hotel, Kon Kaen

Yes, Kon Kaen has a pretty prosperous look to it. This is in the city of Ban Phai, a smallish place forty kilometers or so from the provincial capital. Very easy-going place, easy to cross the street and so forth. This is a brand new hotel, opened in the last year or so. A beautiful place, about twenty-seven dollars per night for a room like this one.

And a nice room it was. The hot water was plentiful, even in the bathroom sink, which is rare. The cable could have been better, the only channel in English was the Australia network (the news was okay, but then it was all surfing documentaries). The room came with free breakfast.

I'd gone out to teach a class, which went fine, as always.