Nakhon Ratchasima (Khorat) Shopping Articles by hotelATM 2010-03-30T03:48:45+00:00 hotelATM http://hotelATM.com/info/about.htm no-reply@hotelATM.com tag:nakhon-ratchasima.com,blog-3246 4 1 25 Sugar Cane tag:nakhon-ratchasima.com,blog-3246.post-106 2010-03-30T03:48:45+00:00 Sugar cane is the classical agricultural product of Nakhon Ratchasima (Khorat) province. Driving through the countryside, one will be passing sugar cane fields stretching to the horizon. Thai Rice tag:nakhon-ratchasima.com,blog-3246.post-2677 2010-03-29T04:48:45+00:00 Khorat is an agricultural area with many paddy fields. Its farmers (ชาวนา) are called "the backbone of the nation". Dan Kwian Pottery tag:nakhon-ratchasima.com,blog-3246.post-529 2010-03-27T04:48:45+00:00 A few miles south of Korat is the "land of ceramics" at Dan Kwian. The village has become famous, at least in Thailand, for its pots made of fired clay from the banks of a nearby Moon river. The grandiose name actually describes a market of many small shops lining either side of a wide spot in the road. Betel Nuts tag:nakhon-ratchasima.com,blog-3246.post-2744 2007-12-01T23:01:04+00:00 Chewing betel nut – mak – and the ingredients that always accompany it was once a way of life in Thailand, so much so that when chewing gum was introduced here, it was called mak farang – foreign betel nut.