Needless to say, there are plenty of food vendors and stalls to be found during the festival, and Surin is well known for its excellent gai yang (grilled chicken) and som tam (papaya salad). In addition, beer gardens are set up all over the city, and the weather in Surin in November is cool and refreshing: perfect for sitting outside and telling stories of the day’s events over bottles of the appropriately named sponsor of the whole event, Chang, your one and only elephant beer!