Now armed with passport my pal needs a border run

My guess (some experience in North rest here and hearsay)

Time quick day fligt to any bordering country eg Penang HK even

Cost a bus to Arany Poipet (are there any from Sukhumvit still I recall ads in the bars

Or Mae Sodt/Rnanong etc if Burmas open

All advice/links welcome

PS Tops have Pasties 2 for 1 atunder Robnsons nr Asoke an offer irrestible to gourmet erstwhile Cornish resident

Chok Dee

Flight to Udon, bus to Nong Khai, then to Vientiane. Passport into Embassy in morning, pick up following afternoon. Am I reading you correctly. Or flight directly Bangkok to Vientiane. I live in the north Sahatsakhan/Kalasin and go by bus regularly, to Nong Khai border crossing. Six hours from home and I am in Vientiane.

When I was doing all that crap from Bkk, I'd do it in a day to Aranyapratet and back. Take the very early (6am) train (47baht) from Bkk then tuk tuk to border and back, then Goverment VIP bus back to Bkk.

If it's just a border run you need you can get a taxi driver to take you to Aranyaprathet and back for (I guess) about 3000 baht if you negotiate in advance or use a visa run company for about 2000.

Edited August 22, 201213 yr by edwardandtubs

A couple of visa run companies advertise in Bangkok Post, easy enough to do a border run in a day for 2,000 Baht.