I plan to drive a rented car and park at Nongkhai's parking places near the bridge for a few days. Any incident in the past that the car disappeared? How secure is those parking places?

No problem at all, used both, the one on the right and the one on the left.<BR>The last couple of years I prefered the one on the left, free tuk tuk service to thai imigration and back for the price of 100 Baht a day for parking the car. Plus a copy for aplication of a Thai Visa in Vientiane plus aplication for the Lao visa too, all this for a little extra money. If a thai citicen is with you all the paperwork for entering lao wit a thai ID card including the run to the local ampoe office, you drink a coffee or two with your thai friend and all the neccessery documents are filled out and ready to go to the border.

I once went up to Laos and left my car in Thailand for 5 days at the wat downtown on the riverfront where all the restaurants are. No problem and not in the sun.

I've been leaving my car at the caged secure parking there behind the van station close by the bridge, been doing this for 15 years, no problem. Have left it there as long at 10 days. Last trip was just six days, this past May. Yes, baht 100/day.

Mac