Travel to Khonkaen is quite easy by bus,air,train or car.Thai Air has 4 to 5 flights daily to and from Bangkok.Favourite foods of the Northest are Isaan sausage,kai yang(grilled chicken),som tam(hot+spicy papaya salad), and mu phaen(marinated grill pork).In khonkaen it's refreshing to get outside of Bangkok's stagnate air and high prices.Prices in the Northeast are considerably cheaper for everything from holels to food