Cross-Border Travel: Teaching You How to Overland Transit from Thailand's Chinglok Road to Huai Sai, Laos – A Guide
We were preparing to transit from Thailand's Chinglok Road to Huai Sai in Laos. There were no tuk-tuks along the roadside, and we had to ask the hotel to call one for us, costing 70 Thai Baht.
During customs, the Thai customs officers saw our one-month visa and thought we were going to Laos and then back to Thailand, almost preventing us from issuing the exit stamp. Later, I told them that after arriving in Laos, we would directly return to China, not returning to Thailand, and the customs officer nodded and smoothly stamped our exit stamp.
We bought a 25 Thai Baht bus ticket and boarded the bus to reach Laos customs. Mr. p. last time entered Laos from here because it was the end of the workday, the Laos customs officer may be rushing to leave, he didn't let Mr. p. and the vet fill in the entry form and didn't collect a small tip, so he stamped entry directly. So this time, Mr. p. said he didn't need to fill in the entry form, really!
Therefore, when I handed the passport to the Laos customs beauty, the beauty said in Chinese: 'Fill in the form, ' and when I saw the long queue behind me, when I filled in the form, I didn't know when it would be finished, so I asked her to fill it in for us. The customs beauty smiled and said 20 Thai Baht to help us fill in the entry forms, and we successfully stamped entry. 20 Thai Baht is less than 5 yuan in RMB. If you enter Laos before 4 pm and fill in the entry form, you don't need to pay any tips.
After crossing the cross-border bridge between Thailand and Laos, now transit can only be taken via the bridge, and transit personnel must be full before the bus departs. The waiting time depends on the number of people and is compared to before, it feels less convenient, but it greatly facilitates the transportation of goods. We saw many international logistics trucks from Kunming or Thailand going back and forth between China, Laos and Thailand through the convenient cross-border bridge.
After exiting Laos customs, you still need to go to the window on the map to handle the QR code ticket. This time it doesn't cost money, and you can scan the QR code to officially exit. The exit gate is the ticket booth for Huai Sai. A person costs 80 Thai Baht, but you need to wait for the bus to be full of people. If you don't want to wait, you can book a car for 400 Thai Baht.
Now we are preparing to go to Huai Sai, a small town at the Laos border.
