Laos Travel Guide

Transport infrastructure in Laos is barely recognizable considering what existed a few years ago. Huge, foreign-funded road on projects have transformed the network of rough dirt tracks into relatively luxurious sealed affairs. The lack of potholes has ushered in a battalion of buses and services, and getting around Laos is easy and cheap, if sometimes very slow.

Many travelers are choosing to come and go via Laos’s numerous land and river borders, something we’ve acknowledged in this guide by giving detailed descriptions of all border crossings that were open to foreigner when we researched this edition. While many border options, flying into Lao is refreshing in that you don’t need to shop around much - only a few airlines Laos and prices don’t vary much.

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