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thefactoryoutlet

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  1. Hello,

    It seems that since the beginning of 2015 parcels to USA take longer to arrive, I have met the problem with Airmail and EMS parcel.

    Is there any special reason but terrorists attacks ?

    But since all this shiiite started I don't know what could be new reason to delay anything, I guess that they can't to more to check parcels than what they have done until now ? Anyway it will never happen that all parcels be checked, so they can just forget it !

    Cheers.

  2. So we are not sure foreigners can get a stamp for visa run or not ?

    Thank you Ubonjoe for your link, I see these border crossing that I didn't know:

    Bungkan - Pakxan (Nong Khai prov to Bolikhamxai prov.), No VA

    Nakon Phanom - Thakhaek (Nakon Phanom prov to Khammouane prov.)

    Do you have any information ? Someone crossed there lately ? Do they have duty free shops ?

    Thank you again.

    Nakorn Phanom to Tha Khaek is the site of the 3rd friendship bridge. I crossed from Thailand to Laos there around 9.15pm one night back in late November by car. I was the last person to arrive for the day, after a Thai truck went in the other direction before me. I don't recall seeing duty free shops, though since it was late and dark, I guess I wasn't really looking. They may exist there, but I'm not sure. Bridge opening times are 6am to 10pm daily. Last crossings should be made before 9.45pm though but if you don't have your own transport, I wouldn't recommend trying to cross later than 7 or 8pm. Also, it's said that the VOA office on the Lao side may close at 6pm, but since I don't need a visa for Laos I'm not sure as this wasn't relevant for me. However, crossing back into Thailand after 6pm wouldn't be an issue except if you are relying on public transport.

    Beung Kan to Paksan I went to last March. I didn't end up crossing as the opening times were erratic and I was trying to bring my Thai motorcycle across, the status of which was uncertain, so I gave up as it was the weekend and I didn't have time to wait until Monday to go across by boat. Definitely no duty free on either side here though, we're talking about a very small local crossing (though it is designated as an international crossing). VOA is reportedly not available on the Lao side, but some reports indicate it now is...not sure who's right though.

    The official opening times are 8.30am-4.30pm Monday to Friday and on Saturday morning there is a boat as well. Immigration and customs are likely to operate somewhat outside of these hours if you charter a boat though, although don't expect anything to happen after around 6pm on any given day or in the afternoons on weekends.

    Thank you for so complete information.

    Anything to do / visit around these borders ?

  3. So we are not sure foreigners can get a stamp for visa run or not ?

    Thank you Ubonjoe for your link, I see these border crossing that I didn't know:

    Bungkan - Pakxan (Nong Khai prov to Bolikhamxai prov.), No VA

    Nakon Phanom - Thakhaek (Nakon Phanom prov to Khammouane prov.)

    Do you have any information ? Someone crossed there lately ? Do they have duty free shops ?

    Thank you again.

  4. Hello,

    Some people say that we can go on Donsao island in laos in front of Chiang saen / sopruak without passport but some also said that you need to stamp your passport to go to the casino on donxao island.

    So I wonder why it would not be possible to use this place for a visa run if it is possible to stamp the passport (there is immigration there).

    And if you can stamp to go to the casino why you could not stamp to go shopping at the market on donsao island ?

    Thank you.

  5. Ok we did the trip two days ago, It was 500 baht for a little speedboat to run the five of us up the river to Burma, and then across to Donxiao or Don Sao Island. It was fun because we went with people who hadn't seen much of Asia before. It might not be so cool for old timers.

    They gave us about 30 minutes to shop the market on the island, There are lots of handbags there, and some assorted other predictable market stuff, and Beer Lao.

    I didn't have a passport with me so I paid an extra 100 baht. Perhaps that was just a scam, whatever.

    Thanks for all the posts that were accurate, and for those that made their best guess. It was one of the more interesting things I have done in a while.

    Where did they ask you to show your passport ? I have read that Thai have to show their ID card so maybe it's true ?

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