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UNFINISHED REPORT JULY 2007

Introduction 
This report is the next installment in a series which describe the numerous caves found on the frequent trips in Thailand. This report covers the caves which have been visited in the central and eastern provinces of Nakhon Sawan, Saraburi, Chantaburi, Chaiyaphum, Nong Bua Lam Phu and Loei. These provinces were visited between December 2003 and May 2007.

All grid references given in this report are on the UTM grid based on the Indian 1954 (Thailand-Vietnam) datum and most were obtained by GPS. The cave surveys are to BCRA (1976) 3b or 3c. The UIS (1999) symbol set is used with the additional symbol 'B' to represent Buddha statues or shrines. The survey data was computed using the Walls cave survey program and the surveys were drawn with Adobe Illustrator CS using the SVG roundtripping facilities of Walls.

References 
1. Deharveng, Louis, et. al. (1988) "Expéditions Thaï 87-Thaï 88" Association Pyrénéenne de Spéléologie, Toulouse ISBN 2-906273-02-3
2. Dunkley, John R. (1995) "The Caves of Thailand" Speleological Research Council, Sydney ISBN 0-9589253-9-9 124pp
3. Munier, Christophe (1998) "Sacred Rocks and Buddhist Caves in Thailand" White Lotus Co. Ltd, Bangkok ISBN 974-8434-19-2 266p
4. Smart, Dean (1999) "Amphoe Khon San, Chaiyaphum" unpublished report. 3pp
 
Maps 
Royal Thai Survey Department 1:50,000 series topographical maps:
  
Royal Thai Survey Department 1:250,000 series topographical maps:
NE47-12 Changwat Loei (1978)
NE47-16 Changwat Phetchabun (1986)
 
 
Acknowledgements 
Thanks to the cavers who were on the trips to Thailand: Claire & Paul Dummer, Glyn Francis, Dave Owen, Ivan Hollis, Phil & Geraldine Collett, Sean Howe, Tony Blick, Lee Hollis, Dave Briggs, Yuphin Sopha and Mac Thompson.
 
Appendices
 
Appendix A: Cave Data