[url=http://www.nokair.com/]Nok Air[/url] offers flight+minivan services from Bangkok to Surin v.v. by flying with Nok Air from Bangkok to Buriram and transferred on a minivan to Surin taking approximately 3 hours. This can be booked directly from their website
From Bangkok, head north via Hwy 1 (Pahonyothin Rd) and merge onto Hwy 2 (Mittraphap Rd) at Saraburi. Use Hwy 24 (Chok Chai-Det Udom) via Nang Rong, Prasat, then turn left onto Hwy 214 to Surin. This route is 457 km long. From Nakhon Ratchasima, motorists can use Hwy 226, en route via Chakkrarat, Huai Thalaeng, Lam Plai Mat, and Buri Ram to Surin. This route is 434 km long.
[wiki=3d147c6ba113929f5a004a5e9dcc832e]Bangkok's[/wiki] northern bus terminal (Mo Chit 2) on Kamphaeng Phet II Rd has daily service to Surin. For more information, call +66 29 362 852-66 [url=http://www.transport.co.th].]Transport Co, Surin Branch Tel. +66 44 511 756. Kitchakan Ratchasima Tour Co, tel. +66 44 512 161, Nakhon Chai Air Co., Tel. +66 4451-5151.
* Minibuses (60 baht) connect the town with Chong Chom, which hosts a border crossing with [[Samraong#Get_out| O'Smach[/url]] in [wiki=06c7a3c3a3344a62864b951aec4df830]Cambodia[/wiki].
A bus from Sisaket will cost 92 baht.
Bus and train terminals are within easy walking distance, about 300 m apart.
Trains regularly leave Bangkok's Hualamphong and Bang Sue stations for Surin. For more information, call 1690, 0-2220-4334, 0-2220-4444. Surin Railway Station tel. 0-4451-1295, 0-4451-5393 or visit [http://www.railway.co.th].
The Elephant Roundup is a three-day long event where elephants roam the streets of Surin and perform in various activities: soccer, beauty contests, battle reenactments, etc.
These stretch from the border westwards to [wiki=1ddf48dc9e8a50127c5fcb1697c7973e]Buriram Province[/wiki]. There are few organised tours (tourism is not overly big in Isaan). You can always find an (expensive) rental car, with driver, at your hotel, or it is possible to visit the major temples by using the local public transport system (this is very cheap). Ask you hotel or guest house for instructions. (Most signs at the bus and train station are in Thai, but the staff are very helpful).
* Prasat Ta Meuan - a complex of three structures built in the 12th-13th centuries around the time of the Cambodian king Jayavarman VII. The largest building is Prasat Ta Meuan Thom. It is surrounded by an outer wall, and contains a large central, rectangular building on a north-south axis. To the south is Prasat Ta Meuan Toht, a smaller structure, with an outer wall. The last and smallest of three is Prasat Ta Meuan, a small building with no wall, approx 15m x 5m in size. All of these buildings show signs of disrepair and looting. A return journey by taxi to the complex will cost you 2000 baht (April 2007). There are occasional excursion buses, when there is sufficient interest. Check with your hotel or travel agent. There is no on-site English language assistance, nor much information about the complex. There may still be unexploded land mines from the days of the Khmer Rouge. Stay on the paths and do not wander into the surrounding jungle. Entry is free.
* Prasat Sikhoraphum - a set of temple ruins in a quiet surroundings, can be reached by bus or train (30 km, 1 hour plus)
* Prasat Hin Phluang - a collection of several minor ruins near the Cambodian border; private transport (watch out for landmines!)
* Prasat Phumpon - a small and jumbled collection of ruins (60 km)
a friendly family run guesthouse. 7 newly renovated rooms
Three of the better hotels in Surin:
* Petchaskem Hotel (500 m from the bus station) is an older hotel.
* Surin Majestic (next to the bus station) is the newest and best looking hotel in Surin.
* Clean and tidy, and with the attached, Rose Bath House, where men can find female companionship. It is a 10-floor hotel, quite well-appointed and with good facilities including a swimming pool. Rooms are good and clean, with hot water in the shower, and tea and coffee making facilities.
Always ask for a discount (700-800 baht/night) in the non-elephant roundup season!