Quick links. Sakon Nakhon Issan the rural northeast forum. Ive been living there a couple of years now and live in the city center. What has it got to offer? Nightlife: a couple of bars that expats go to that serve food, Apple, So Good, Pit Stop, there is a thai bar that has a pool table called Welcome bar, and there are a couple of big thai country music bars on is a tawangdeng and there is the Golden Pond Disco, There is karaokes around the ring roads of the town, No beerbars with girls not saying girls are not available though!!
Restraunts: the thaifrench beef place is a on the That Phanom road so there is a few places around town that serve good steaks, there is a couple of good Moo Ga Ta restraunts that do the table BBQ dish and a few good thai places also.
Shopping: Global, Thai Watsadu, Home Pro, Home mart, Robinsons opens 27th June Big C Tesco and Robinsons will have Tops etc All in all its a quiet place but for looks its a nicer place than Udon, more greenery, nice parks, hills and a huge lake, There are a good bunch of expats that live there also so you would feel welcome, I like it as a place to live, Udon is 2 hour drive away for a break and there is a daily flight from Sakon Airport to BKK with Nok Air Anyone else got input to the town feel free im not an expert on the place just what ive learned myself.
I live here since 6 months and I,m happy too. I live in Tawat a little bit outside, near the french place with a lot of cows. Maybe not the sort of thing to leave about on the internet Back on Sakon: i think this town will get very big soon, There are a few Private Village building develpoments going on the biggest being Areeya lake View Phase 1 ,2 and 3, each with around houses ranging from 1. The best part ive found out about living there is the traffic is bearable easy to get most things done and the good bunch of expats that live there, to me thats what makes the place a good spot to live in.
I'm not a drinker so can't help with the bar scene. Sakon will see rapid growth in the next several years as another shopping and business hub with the opening of the new bridge across the Mekong in Nakhon Phanom 90 km to the northeast. I would probably still be living there if not for the crap golf course. Traffic definitely much more agreeable as opposed to Udon. Tuk Tuk's are not allowed inside the city proper but bicycle samlars are which can be a pain.
