The Huai Krathing Reservoir, also known as Huai Nam Man, is in the Loei province. The reservoir has a capacity of 26 million cubic meters and covers an area of 1,500 hectares of land.
Surrounded by teak wood and bamboo woods, the Huai Krathing Reservoir lies in an evergreen hilly country. That’s why the locals call it Little Switzerland.
Once laid out for irrigation purposes, it serves today as a recreation area for locals.
On the west bank are some countryside kitchens. You might eat in little guest gardens with tables and chairs on the shore. But most of the meals are served on bamboo rafts in the midst of the lake.
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More InformationHere one only speaks Thai and also the menus are only in Thai. You should at least have a phrase book for the order.
Small boats draw the straw-roofed bamboo rafts on the open water, where you can enjoy your meal.
In contrast to the Thai cuisine, one serves sticky rice instead of fragrant rice. Typical dishes are Som Tam, a green papaya salad with dried crabs and Gai Yang, grilled chicken marinated in soy or fish sauce and spices.
In Isaan, you find the most varied animals on the menu, like lizards, fried grasshoppers, crickets and dung beetles. What was once eaten out of necessity is today a delicacy.
After an extensive breakfast at the Sirila Farm Tent Camp, we are not very hungry yet and order only a light meal.
On the bamboo raft, one looks in vain for tables and chairs. Traditionally you eat sitting on straw mats on the ground.
After the meal is time for a refreshing bath or a short afternoon nap. We enjoy the amazing surroundings very much.
But our driver and our guide stretch their lunch break so long that we hardly have time to see our next destination Chiang Khan in daylight.
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