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7am-8pm)
Also rents bicycles and
Miss Noy's Internet & Bike Rental
(Rte 13; per hour 500K;
motorbikes.
Police
( 031-212145; Th 10)
Provincial Tourism Office
( 031-212021; Th 11; 8am-noon & 1.30-4pm)
The well-organised
English-speaking staff can book you onto community-based two- or three-day treks in Se
Pian NPA and Phou Xieng Thong NPA.
Unitel
(Rte 13; 8am-5pm Mon-Fri, to noon Sat)
A convenient stop for a local SIM card if you
are just arriving in Laos. Staff can set your smartphone up with 3G internet.
Getting There & Away
AIR
Lao Airlines
( 031-212252; Th 11; 8am-noon & 1-5pm Mon-Fri, 8am-noon Sat)
has direct
flights from
Pakse International Airport
( 031-251921)
to the following cities in Asia: Vien-
tiane (US$75-135, twice daily), Savannakhet ($US35-65, four weekly), Siem Reap
(US$160, daily), Ho Chi Minh City (US$170, four weekly) and Bangkok (US$165, four
weekly).
A cheaper way to Bangkok is to travel overland to Ubon Ratchathani and take a budget
flight from there.
The airport is 3km northwest of town. A
săhm-lór
(a slower form of three-wheeled
transport than the more zesty túk-túk) or túk-túk to the airport will cost about 40,000K or
50,000K.
BOAT
A tourist boat motors to Champasak (two hours away) most mornings at 8.30am, provided
there are enough passengers (one way per person 70,000K). The return trip from Champa-
sak is at 1.30pm.
BUS & SŎRNGTĂAOU
Confusingly, Pakse has several bus and
sŏrngtăaou
terminals. 'Sleeper' VIP buses leave
from the
2km bus station
(VIP Bus Station; 031-212428; Rte 13, Km2)
for Vientiane
(170,000K, eight to 10 hours, 677km) every evening. The same bus passes through Tha
Khaek (140,000K, 4½ hours) and Savannakhet (140,000K, three hours). The handy
Thai-Lao International Bus headed to Bangkok (900B, 8.30am and 3.30pm) and Ubon
(80,000K, same bus) also departs from here. It's also possible to buy a combo bus/sleeper
train ticket to Bangkok (280,000K) from Pakse travel agents.
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