Day 01:BANGKOK - ARRIVING
Arrive in Bangkok and make your own way to the Sawasdee Khaosan Inn hotel.
Meeting of T/L and group at 6pm in the hotel lobby for talks and giving information to group, then he will take you to a restaurant for dinner at your own expense.
Overnight at Sawasdee Khaosan Inn (Tel. No.02-6294798) 18 Chakapong Road, Banglampoo, Bangkok

DAY 02: BANGKOK - ON TRAIN TO NONG KHAI (Breakfast)
Breakfast at the hotel. Meet your T/L at breakfast time for talks regarding the trip to Nong Khai and about Lao visa-on-arrival. (Optional tour.)
At about 7.30pm (time to be ascertained), your T/L will transfer you to the Hualamphong Railway Station to board your night express train #69 to Nong Khai near the Thai-Lao border, departing at 20:45pm (unaccompanied).
Overnight on train in 2nd Class air-conditioned berth.

DAY 03: NONG KHAI - VIENTIANE
Arrive at Nong Khai railway station about 9am. Your Lao T/L will meet you at the railway station and take you across to Laos by the Bridge bus. At the Lao immigration checkpoint he will assist you in getting your Lao visa (make sure you have the exact cash US$30 to pay to the immigration official directly for your visa-on-arrival with 2 photos and the visa form duly filled in). Then he escorts you to Vientiane, the capital of the Lao Republic, 25km away and checks you into the hotel. He will take you by tuk-tuk on an afternoon tour of Vientiane visiting the Haw Pha Kaew, Wat Si Saket, Patuxai, and introduce you to a Lao herbal sauna (US$1 entrance) and Lao massage (US$3 per hour) if you like.
He will accompany you to an evening meal at your own expense where more information could be provided you before returning to your hotel and be at leisure.
Overnight at Malinamphu Guesthouse (Tel.856-21-215093), 114 Pangkham, Vientiane.

DAY 04: VIENTIANE - VANG VIENG (Breakfast)
Breakfast at the hotel. Morning departure at 9am with your T/L to the bus station to board the 10am bus to Vang Vieng about mid-way from Vientiane to Luang Prabang. Upon arrival in Vang Vieng, transfer to hotel. T/L will check you into hotel. Meet T/L in hotel lobby at 6pm for talks and go to dinner with him.
Overnight at Dokkhun 1 Guesthouse (Tel. 856-23-511032), Sisavang Village, Vang Vieng.


DAY 05: VANG VIENG (Breakfast)
Breakfast at the hotel. Meet your T/L at breakfast. (Optional tour.)
Meeting of T/L with group at 6pm in the hotel lobby for talks, and go to a restaurant for dinner at your own expense.
Overnight at Dokkhun 1 Guesthouse, Vang Vieng.

DAY 06: VANG VIENG (Breakfast)
Breakfast at the hotel. Meet your T/L at breakfast. (Optional tour.)
Meeting of T/L with group at 6pm in the hotel lobby for talks, and go to a restaurant for dinner at your own expense.
Overnight at Dokkhun 1 Guesthouse, Vang Vieng.

DAY 07: VANG VIENG - LUANG PRABANG (Breakfast)
Breakfast at the hotel. Depart with your T/L at 9am by chartered van to Luang Prabang through fantastic countryside. Arrive in Luang Prabang, transfer to hotel and be at leisure. T/L will check you in. Meet the T/L in the hotel lobby at 6pm for talks and go for an evening meal in a restaurant together. Stroll along the very interesting main street of Thanon Sisavangvong with your T/L, and browse in the Hmong night market.
Overnight at Udomsuk Guesthouse (Tel.856-71-254863), Ban Thamrong, Luang Prabang.

DAY 08: LUANG PRABANG
Breakfast at the guesthouse.  Meet T/L at breakfast time for talks, followed by a morning walking tour of this heritage town – to the former royal palace, typical Lao temples including the Watermelon Temple and the best of them all, Wat Xieng Thong.  We end this morning’s tour of Luang Prabang in the main street of Thanon Sisavangvong where there are many cafes and restaurants with roadside stalls selling baquette sandwiches and French-type pastries.  Free at your own leisure in the afternoon.
Meeting of T/L with group at 6pm in the hotel lobby for talks, and go to a restaurant for dinner together at your own expense.
Overnight at Udomsuk Guesthouse, Luang Prabang.

DAY 09: LUANG PRABANG - TOUR TO PAK OU CAVES
Breakfast at the guesthouse.  Meet T/L at breakfast time.
(Optional tour by boat to cruise up the Mekong River to the Pak Ou Caves and visit the whisky-distilling village of Ban Xiang Hai to see the best whisky being made and the embroidery works of the villagers before returning to Luang Prabang.)
Meeting of T/L with group at 6pm in the hotel lobby for talks, and go to a restaurant for dinner together at your own expense.
Overnight at Udomsuk Guesthouse, Luang Prabang.

DAY 10: LUANG PRABANG - HUAY XAI - CHIANG MAI
Breakfast at the guesthouse. At 7am T/L will transfer you to the fast boat jetty and accompany you on the Mekong River trip in a speedboat to Huay Xai (about 6 hours), to Paktha where all fast boats have to make a police report. Depending on travel conditions as allowed or disallowed by the authorities on a day-to-day basis, he will take you by truck or tuk-tuk the 25km to Huay Xai, or by a slow boat, or continue by the speedboat to the Lao immigration checkpoint at Huay Xai taking another hour, and bring you across to Chiang Khong, and from there go by private van to your hotel in Chiang Mai (about 4 hours). By late evening you will arrive at your hotel in Chiang Mai and your T/L will help you check into hotel.
Overnight at Ratanakosin Hotel (TEL:66-53-234 800 - 3), 190 Ratanakosin Rd, Chiang Mai.

DAY 11: CHIANG MAI (Breakfast)
Breakfast at the hotel. Meet your T/L for talks in the breakfast room.
(Go on an optional tour.)
Meeting of T/L with group at 6pm in the hotel lobby for talks and go to a restaurant for dinner together at your own expense.
Overnight at Ratanakosin Hotel, Chiang Mai.

DAY 15: CHIANG MAI (Breakfast)
Breakfast at the hotel. Meet your T/L at breakfast time for talks.
(Optional tour.)
Meeting of T/L with group at 6pm in the hotel lobby for talks and go to a restaurant for dinner together at your own expense.
Overnight at Ratanakosin Hotel, Chiang Mai.

DAY 13: CHIANG MAI - ON TRAIN TO BANGKOK (Breakfast)
Breakfast at the hotel. Meet your T/L at breakfast. (Optional tour.)
Meet in the hotel lobby at 4.30pm to transfer to the railway station to board the night express train to Bangkok departing at 5:50pm accompanied by your T/L on the train.
Overnight in 2nd Class air-conditioned berth on the train.

DAY 14: BANGKOK -TOUR INCLUDED
Arrive in Bangkok at about 7am and be transferred by taxi to the hotel to check-in.
Go with T/L on a walking tour to the Grand Palace, Emerald Buddha Temple (Wat Phra Kaew), Reclining Buddha Temple (Wat Po), take the local ferry across the river to visit the Temple of the Dawn (Wat Aroon) and cross back to Bangkok to visit the National Museum before returning to your hotel. (All entrance fees and boat fare are included.)
Overnight at Sawasdee Khaosan Inn (Tel. 66-2-6294798), 18 Chakapong Road, Banglampoo, Bangkok.

DAY 15:BANGKOK - DEPARTURE (Breakfast)
Breakfast at the hotel. Meet your T/L at breakfast time for final talks and get information how to go to your next destination. Check-out of your hotel by 12 noon. Your T/L will say goodbye to you all here.

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