My wife (Thai) and I will be visiting LP (Chiang Rai then Mekong downriver), then return to LOS after touring temples etc. What is best for return to BKK - highway, plane, mixed? Would be around just after Loy Kraton time, no rush for return, just want reasonable safety and comfort.

Edited July 5, 200917 yr by keeniau96

There's a direct flight.

Bangkok Airways I think.

Edited July 5, 200917 yr by PattayaParent

Direct flight to Bangkok.

If you wanna be adventurous, catch a local plane to Vientiane, spend a couple of days there. Book the train from Nong Khai to Bangkok whilst in Vientiane.

Lao Airlines also flies directly from Luang Phrabang to Bangkok, not just Bangkok Airways.

The nicest way would be to take a minibus down Route 13 to Vientiane, one of the most scenic mountain drives in Asia, and the either fly back to Bangkok or take the train from Nong Khai. You could also go by bus to Udon Thani and fly back from there by Air Asia.

Edited July 6, 200917 yr by billp