Laos - Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Northern Thailand - page 739

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One road back from the river, 400m south of Wat Phuang Kaew, the Agricultural Promotion
Bank ( 8.30am-3.30pm Mon-Fri) exchanges travellers cheques and cash and has an ATM
that works with Visa and MasterCard. There's also a BCEL ATM next to the post office.
For medical complaints, the hospital is a little further south of the bank; ask for English-
and French-
speaking Dr Bounthavi.
The Don Khong tourism office ( 020 9784 6464; [e-mail] ; 8.30am-4pm Mon-
Fri) can organise boats to Don Khon & Don Det (250,000K). The post office ( 8am-noon &
2-4pm Mon-Fri) is just south of the bridge.
Getting There & Away
From Don Khong to Pakse, buses (60,000K incl ferry, 2½ to three hours, 128km) and
sŏrngtăaou leave from Hat Xai Khun over the river on the mainland. Be there for 11am.
There are regular boats to Hat Xai Khun from Don Khong's Muang Khong town
(15,000K).
Boats for Don Det and Don Khon (40,000K, 1½ hours, minimum six passengers) leave
when you stump up the cash - boatmen are under the tree near the bridge.
For the Cambodian border, there's usually a 9am minibus connection to Stung Treng,
Kratie, Ban Lung, Siem Reap and Phnom Penh.