@Ned ******

Not to mention they can't speak a lick of Thai. I don't take foreigners who can't speak Thai seriously as by definition, they can't know anything about Thailand if they don't know the language and thus, the culture.

@Kimberly *******

Who tips a Street food vendor? That just creates the expectation that farang pay more. Thus, in future you'll see dual pricing at restaurants too, 70 Baht for farang, 45 for Thais. Do you want that?

@Rob ********

How is that a foreigners problem? Thai employers are the ones paying the salaries Thais get. If Thais were paid the salaries we get in the west, the cost of living would be as high as back home.

You can't have it both ways.

Of course right now Myawaddy is closed to foreigners but I am of course referring to when it's open.

@Andi **********

A little bit of both. No questions on the second re-entry.

Yes for Myawaddy, you can drive around town. For other countries, you can drive around the entire country. Each country has their own rules but it's relatively straightforward.

@Andi **********

Sure, there were questions, but why not? Friendly questions. I travel in and out a lot,so I'm used to interacting with immigration.

At some borders, Thai immigration might like you to spend at least a night or two outside of Thailand before returning.

However, with the DTV being so new, it's unlikely any officer will even make the assumption that a DTV holder is going to be doing a same day border run.

Whenever I leave Thailand by land I always go by car and thus I always drive across the border. As a result, officers know I can't possibly be going only for the day as no one goes to the trouble of filling out reams of forms to only drive a few Km and come back a few hours later.

@Andi **********

It is and I can attest to that. I've already made a re-entry by land. However, I didn't do a same day re-entry and I probably never will (except if the Myanmar borders reopen as some of them, specifically Myawaddy only allow foreigners to spend the day there unless you have a visa).

I assume, following the reopening of the border to foreigners (whenever that is) the same rules will apply as they did pre-Covid.

The bus station, with services to Thailand is conveniently located in the center of town, specifically, right next to Vientiane center mall and across the road from the main market.