Time to go to Laos
Songtail to a town half way there 1hr 40 baht forget the name. Then a Songtail to Chaing Khong another 40 baht.
Nice journey often looking down onto the Mekong river. In areas the river is rocky and very scenic.
At Chaing Khong pas through Thai immigration at port. 5 min. Cross by boat to Laos 2 min 30 Baht.
Laos immigration $35 +1 for weekend passport Photo required. Visa on Arrival 30 day.
Wanted 200 baht for Tuk Tuk to bus station 10km away no way. Started walking in hope of a lift or a fair price. Tuk Tuk stoped after 10 mins 10,000 kip (30 baht).
Arrived at bus station at 12:28pm bus was supposed to leave 13:30 I thought. It left almost full 12:30. a bit of luck. 55,000 kip to Luang Nam Tha.
Amazing cross a river border and the world changes. Laos is very much poorer that Thailand. Wooden huts on stilts with thatched roofs are the norm in the villages outside of town. (Hai Xai ?).
Bus station in Luang Nam Tha is 4-5 km from town as usual. 10,000 kip (55p) by Tuk Tuk.
Checked into a Guest House on the main street 50,000 kip.
Lots of backpacking tourists gathered around a few restaurants and guest houses in the main street.
Spent the evening with a Dutch guy with an unrememberable name. He was bit of a wind up merchant. He took pleasure in telling me that in his visit t Aberdeen his main memory is of scantily clad girls spewing up on the shore front on a Saturday night. He also told me that as far as he remembered Scots greeted each other sound ARGHHH. I was to hear this a few times in the next few days. I didn’t fall for the bait it was just his strange way of amusing himself..
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