Another way to fly back to Laos

 I returned to Laos before the Chinese new year started, my trip was on 17th of Feb,2009. I live and work in Shantou, a small town of Guangdong province, China. I guess there is only Laotian who lives there and works for many years. I had never met any Lao people in this town. Sometimes, I feel lonely and want to share something with someone who understands my mother language.  My holiday was  longer than any in the past, I 've spent my holiday  almost a month with my family and friends in my hometown, it was really relaxed and had a great time with great sticky rice and Lao foods. I hardly wanted to return to China again, but of course, I had to, because I have got a job and someone special in Shantou.

    How did I travel to Laos from Shantou?

     Shantou is not far away from Vientiane if there is a direct flight, I think the plane will take maximum 2.30 hours from Shantou to Vientiane, but at the present time, there is no any direct flights to Guangdong province except the daily flight from Vientiane-Kunming by the Lao airline and China Eastern airline.  there are some routes to get to Laos if you are in China

1. Bus from Kunming-Vientiane, this route is pretty hard, but it is good for some adventurer, I personally had never take it!!

2.Lao airline flies daily from Vientiane-Kunming and China eastern airline as well

3.Airasia (from Guangzhou-Bangkok)   time: (23:10-01:10) and then take a Lao airline or Thai airway to Vientiane in the Morning , this route needs to wait 5-6 hours at the airport. besides the air Asia flies to Bangkok from Shenzhen (time: 23:20-01:15) and you can catch the flight to Laos as well.

    Many people choose to fly to Bangkok from China to get into Laos, because they think it's faster and easier , so the Bangkok airport is very important for us, if the airport closes the problem will affect Laos's tourist industry and Laos will face a serious problem. currently the Bangkok to Pakse and Savannakhet opens and easy for traveler who heads to the south of Laos, it takes only 1.3 hour by Lao airline and Bangkok airway. go to website www.Laoairlines.com 

and check it out www.bangkokair.com 

       if your destination is Thakhek, a small town of Khammouane province, I suggest you choose the  flight from Bangkok-Nakhon Phanom, currently only Pbair flies  www.pbair.com

after arriving at Nakhon Phanom you can across the Mekong river by daily boat closes at 6 pm, if you are later than that, just stay a night in Nakhonphanom.

who says Laos doesn't have a railway? the train will be officially opening between Bangkok (Thailand) to Thanaleng  ( Vientiane, Laos), so it's a good news for tourists who would like to take a train from Bangkok to Laos.

   There are many ways to get to LANDLOCK LAOS. so just don't worry about the transportation, you will feel safe and homely when you are in the most relaxed place in the world. 

    as for my trip to Laos, I flew from shantou to bangkok at 8 :30 am and then arrived at Bkk at 10:30 (local time) and then I flew to savanakhet where is in the south of Thakhek and I took the minivan 2 hours to thakhek. I started my trip at 8 am in china and arrived in my home at 6 pm ( local time) or 5 pm in china time. I totally spent almost  10 hours to get home. 4.30 hours was flying and 2 hours in the minivan bus .