it makes sense if people have questions, doesn't it ? That's why they come and post question here.
To Ninamama:
you can absolutely get a Lao visa in Bangkok, just hand it to travel agency, if you hand it at the morning, you can get in the afternoon at the same day. I did it before, so no worry.
Lao visa for chinese is cheaper.
If you go from Changmai to Luang Prabang by boat, there's probably only slow boat which takes 2-day long, I'm not sure about the speed boat, people said it's kinda dangerous. Ask travel agency before you make decision to take boat from Changmai.
From Luang Prabang head back to China, takes days by bus, I suggest you think about it carefully, unless you gonna take a daily flight/bus(10hrs) from Luang Prabang to Vientaine, then Vientaine back to Kunming.
you can take a flight from Luang Prabang back to Changmai which costs around $80. I don't think there's directly flight to Bangkok from Luang Prabang, same as heading back to Kunming you need to go to Vientaine to take another flight.
I have no idea how much of the flight tickets bewteen Kunming and Guangzhou recently, but you can get cheap airasia flight(around $60) back to Macau from Bangkok, plus 1000bht to get a visa-on-arrival in airport. You can compare with taking flight back to Guangzhou from Kunming/Xishuangbanna. Oh by the way, taking a bus from Vientaine back to Bangkok takes only 1 night.
你还没有搞清楚什么是护照，什么是签证，搞清楚再来问吧。
泰国是可以办老挝的签证的。如果是由旅行社代办，当然不可能马上拿到的。旅行社也是去老挝驻泰国的大使馆办理的。交证后，最快要第二天下午取回。我们是在曼谷的旅行社办的，今天下午5点交护照，第二天下午6点取。，因属加急，费用稍贵，550株。
如果你怕安全问题，可以自己到老挝驻泰国的大使馆办理，不过要多花点时间。最少半天，还要花车费。
清迈再到老挝的朗勃拉邦可以由清迈到清莱，再到清孔，过境到老挝的会晒，再坐车或船到琅勃拉邦，这个行程你可以看到当地的很多东西，也可以顺路去清莱。但时间最快要三、四天。你也可以由曼谷坐飞机去，时间会快些。
是在朗勃拉邦经昆明回广州，还是从朗勃拉邦经曼谷回广州？从经济和时间的角度考虑肯定朗勃拉邦经昆明回广州。而且你回曼谷是再次入泰国，还要再办签证。昆明和曼谷是两个完全相反的方向，不明白你为什么这么问。
看了你问的这些问题，建议你还是多看看别人的游记再来问吧。
it makes sense if people have questions, doesn't it ? That's why they come and post question here.
To Ninamama:
you can absolutely get a Lao visa in Bangkok, just hand it to travel agency, if you hand it at the morning, you can get in the afternoon at the same day. I did it before, so no worry.
Lao visa for chinese is cheaper.
If you go from Changmai to Luang Prabang by boat, there's probably only slow boat which takes 2-day long, I'm not sure about the speed boat, people said it's kinda dangerous. Ask travel agency before you make decision to take boat from Changmai.
From Luang Prabang head back to China, takes days by bus, I suggest you think about it carefully, unless you gonna take a daily flight/bus(10hrs) from Luang Prabang to Vientaine, then Vientaine back to Kunming.
you can take a flight from Luang Prabang back to Changmai which costs around $80. I don't think there's directly flight to Bangkok from Luang Prabang, same as heading back to Kunming you need to go to Vientaine to take another flight.
I have no idea how much of the flight tickets bewteen Kunming and Guangzhou recently, but you can get cheap airasia flight(around $60) back to Macau from Bangkok, plus 1000bht to get a visa-on-arrival in airport. You can compare with taking flight back to Guangzhou from Kunming/Xishuangbanna. Oh by the way, taking a bus from Vientaine back to Bangkok takes only 1 night.
看看地图的河流走向就知道清迈没有船到琅勃拉邦。会晒有车和船到琅勃拉邦，车要开两天800株，船有快船和慢船，快船1天。慢船也是800株，也要两天。中途停北宾，自己上岸找guest house。建议坐慢船，舒服，可以看到两岸原始景色。放几张PP给大家看看。
oh sorry, it supposed to be the boat from border to Luang Prabang
thanks
楼主应该要问的是护照上的签证问题吧？
泰国的签证，广州很容易办理，230-250的价格都有，看你能不能找到便宜的旅行社了。老挝的签证，因为广州没有领馆，托旅行社办理的话，好像都要四、五百以上，我们当时就是刚好有朋友在昆明有熟人，委托办理了，签证费用+委托人的一些车费，大概就话了150块钱左右
如果你想从清迈取道过去老挝，当然就是到清孔过关到老挝的会晒了，但是，不太肯定会晒那个关口是否可以做老挝的落地签证，这个要落实一下。在曼谷肯定可以做到老挝的签证，清迈也可以，是否安全，这个要看你自己是否放心了，不过应该不存在这些护照丢失的问题。
要去琅勃拉邦，根据你自己的想法，去到会晒的话，有两种方式到达，一就是快船，一天就可以到达；一就是慢船，需要2天的。还有，就是在清迈直接飞到琅勃拉邦去。
至于回来是曼谷到广州，还是昆明到广州，这个其实很难说那个经济，完全取决于你订的机票的价格和愿意耗费的时间了，表面上看肯定是取道昆明了，毕竟昆明和老挝边境是接壤的嘛
磨房上老挝的功略，应该还算详尽吧，陆路的，飞机的，都有，搜索一下就可以找到了
会晒有落地签证，中国护照20美金，其他30美金。
那就完全没有问题啦，价格还算很公道嘛
非常感谢各位!
另外,不知道清迈直接飞到琅勃拉邦的机票大约多少钱?
发帖前请先查阅资料，万能磨房啊！
http://www.doyouhike.net/forum/189476,0,0,1.html
要从清迈到琅勃拉邦，除非是搭飞机，那么就到清孔过境到会晒去搭船
慢船的确要耗时两天，大船来的，开得慢
快船的话，
今年春节的时候我们搭过，简直是水上飞呀！之前也说过安全问题，但是经过亲身经历，似乎问题不大，不过好大风呀！关键是省时间，7个小时左右到拉～
会晒口岸，穿浅绿色制服的GG派入境表和签证申请表。
船票售票处
快船
慢船
慢船的中途停船点北宾（Pakbeng）。
上下船和耍杂技差不多。
琅勃拉邦码头。
[quote]wkyy2603 wrote:
快船
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正是如此,我们当时就是这样全副武装!嘿嘿
快船还是爽啊!