Thread: Driving from Nong Khai to Vientiane

Has anyone ever driven from Nong Khai to Vientiane?

Can it be done easily? (ie. Not much paperwork)

Does anyone know if the standard Thai insurance would cover you in Laos?

Probably be easier to leave the car in Thailand and get the bus.

^ But I won't be able to fill the boot with cheap wine and black Beer Laos.

^
Can't you buy that on the Thai side of the border?
I seem to remember that you can.

^ I guess I'll find out on Sunday.

^ MtD - in the olde days you needed a passport type thingy for the car (like a blue-book) that you need to show at customs. Given the number of cars that are nicked in LoS and sold in Cambodia these days, I doubt that's still the case.

I think Spin knows where to get the Laos Beer in Nong Khai

^ I found this on the net

The distributor is selling cases of the lager in small bottles only. Cost is 696 baht/case. You have to pick it up at his office in Nong Khai. Minimum of 5 cases. His office is located across the street from Tesco-Nong Khai, NKT Import.

Ms. B went from Nong Khai to Vientienne on the mini-bus earlier this year. On the way back the bus stopped at the "duty free" shop on the Lao side of the border so people could stock up on booze. This had the added advantage that the Thai customs simply waved the bus through without checking quantities.

Originally Posted by buad hai

Ms. B went from Nong Khai to Vientienne on the mini-bus earlier this year. On the way back the bus stopped at the "duty free" shop on the Lao side of the border so people could stock up on booze. This had the added advantage that the Thai customs simply waved the bus through without checking quantities.

That's what I'm talking about. Nice one BH, I'll buy you a large Chang on Saturday.

MtD, whats the hotel like in nong khai

Here you go, clean cheap & cheerful

JuntHorm Appartment
479 Watsrichomchuen
Prajak Road

042 460293
0817 179915

I dunno about a car - but i ran the distance once....

Originally Posted by navydoubs1977

MtD, whats the hotel like in nong khai

I don't know. It's not Saturday yet.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

I don't know. It's not Saturday yet.

Are you going all the way to Nong Khai on Saturday?

(Don't laugh, this question is coming from a guy who spent his entire adult life on an island that is only 15 miles long. A half hour seemed like a long drive until I moved here....)

Originally Posted by buad hai

Are you going all the way to Nong Khai on Saturday?

Yep!.

^Lunch in Khon Kaen on the lake, maybe?

375 km from Korat to NK.

It's amazing how much I've driven that route in the past year or so. And it might be happening again in a few months.

You have to get some documents from the min. of transportation and some insurance docs. Think this is only the case if your car is not yet fully paid for.