Northern Thailand - Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Northern Thailand - page 945

Information

You shouldn't have any trouble locating banks and/or internet in Nan, particularly along
Th Sumon Thewarat.

Tourist Information Centre ( 0 5475 1169; Th Pha Kong; 8.30am-noon & 1-4.30pm) Opposite
Wat Phumin, hidden behind vendors and coffee shops, is this helpful information centre.

Getting There & Away

Nok Air ( 08 8263 2012, nationwide 1318; www.nokair.co.th ; Nan Airport; 7.30am-7pm) is the
only airline operating out of Nan, with flights to/from Bangkok's Don Muang Internation-
al Airport. Nan Taxi ( 08 4617 0777) does airport transfers for about 100B per person.
From Nan, all buses, minivans and so ̆ rngta ̆ ao leave from the bus station at the south-
western edge of town. A motorcycle taxi between the station and the centre of town costs
30B.

TRANSPORT FROM NAN

MINIVAN SO ̆ RNGTA ̆ AOU DESTINATION AIR BUS

Ban Huay Kon (for border
with Laos)

100B; 3hr; 4
daily 5-9.30am

N/A N/A N/A

2190B;
1½hr; 2
daily

420-820B;
10-11hr; fre-
quent

Bangkok N/A N/A

225-451B; 6hr;
frequent

Chiang Mai N/A N/A N/A

181B; 6hr;
9am

Chiang Ra N/A N/A N/A

85B; 2½hr;
hourly
6am-6pm

Pon (Lao border) N/A N/A N/A

Pua (for Ban Bo Luang and
Doi Phu Kha National Park)

50B; 2hr; hourly
7am-5pm

N/A N/A N/A

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