Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
8am-10pm)
Offers ticketing and visa services, and has a few computers for internet use
(6000K per hour).
Getting There & Away
AIR
Wattay International Airport is the main transport hub for the rest of the country. Beside it
is the rickety domestic terminal.
China Eastern Airlines
(
www.ce-air.com
; Th Luang Prabang, Vientiane)
Flies daily to Kunming and
Nanning.
Lao Air
( 021-513022;
www.lao-air.com
;
Wattay Airport Domestic Terminal; 8am-5pm)
Operates
flights thrice weekly to Sam Neua (US$116) and Sainyabuli (US$90), and twice a week to
Phongsali (US$126).
8am-noon & 1-4pm Mon-Sat, to noon Sun)
Conducts domestic flights between Vientiane and
Huay Xai (US$115, three weekly), Luang Prabang (US$90, 40 minutes, five daily), Luang
Namtha (US$115, four weekly), Pakse (US$134, four weekly), Phonsavan (US$90, daily),
Savannakhet (US$115, four weekly), Udomxai (US$115, four weekly), and daily interna-
tional flights between Vientiane and Bangkok (US$170), Chiang Mai (US$165), Hanoi
(US$165), Kunming (US$265), Phnom Penh (US$185), Siem Reap (US$185), Ho Chi
Minh (US$205) and Guangzhou (US$360). Also has an office at the airport
(
021-512028; Wattay Airport International Terminal; 4am-8pm)
.
Thai Airways International
(
www.thaiairways.com
; Th Luang Prabang, Vientiane)
Vientiane to
Bangkok connections twice daily.
thai, Vientiane; 9am-5pm)
Connects Vientiane with Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi and Phnom
Penh, plus Luang Prabang with Hanoi and Siem Reap.
BOAT
Passenger boat services between Vientiane and Luang Prabang have become almost ex-
tinct, but a regular slow boat makes the trip from Vientiane to Pak Lai, 115km away.
Boats leave Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 8am (120,000K, about eight hours) from
Kiaw Liaw Pier, 3.5km west of the fork in the road where Rte 13 heads north in Ban Kiaw
Liaw.
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