2 Best Sights in Northern Thailand, Thailand

Ann Tours

This outfit headquartered in Vietnam conducts multiday tours in northeastern Thailand. Ann Tours also offers custom itineraries in other parts of Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia.

The Hub Pub

It's backpacker and world-traveler heaven at this hub of three enterprises—a pub, a cycling museum, and a hostel (the Funky Box)—owned by Alan Bate, holder of the Guinness World Record for fastest bicycling trip around the world. A block from the river and the Nam Khong River Side hotel, the Hub Pub is a great place to hang with the ultraconvivial host and other travelers, check out memorabilia from his title-winning 106-day journey, and sip a drink appropriate to the hour. It'll make your day, night, or maybe even both.