The Visa-Run at the Chong Chom / Osmach Border.... The Chong Chom / Osmach Border in Surin Province is gaining a Reputation as being a quick, friendly and hassle free border crossing, whether you are doing your visa run, or crossing to go onwards to Angkor Watt.

Getting here from the Osmach - Chong Chom Border... O.k. so you have arrived at the Thai - Cambodian border at Chong Chom. How do you get to the Leelawadee Garden Resort in Prasat Surin ? Well it’s simple! There are golden mini-busses that leave from the Chong Chom Border, that will take you to Amphere Prasat for 40B. You can then either get a motorbike taxi to us or we offer a free pick up if you arrange with us before hand, this also requires you to phone the Leelawadee...

Express Visa Run at Chong Chom... We at the Leelawadee Gardens are getting more customers who are coming to the area from other parts of Thailand to do their ‘Visa Run’. The Chong Chom/Osmach border is some 40km from Prasat, and a mini-bus service to the border is available, which costs 40B each way. The border is less busy than other crossings, and takes roughly 10-15 to leave and return back to the Kingdom. Many comment on how efficient...

How to get to Prasat when the Airports are closed!... With the recent closure of Suvarnabhumi and Don Muang airports, which left thousands stranded, a foreign national whose wife hails from Prasat chose an interesting route to get home to see his family in Prasat.

Places to see after your Visa Run... Kurandagow Lake is about 8km from the Chong Chom Border, going back northwards in the direction of Prasat. It’s somewhere where the locals go for their R&R. A scenic lake with the Cambodian border as its spectacular background. With numerous Lake side restaurants, it’s a great way to spend a lazy Surin afternoon swimming, eating and sinking a few cold ones.