It was an expierience and sealed my thoughts on Laos,. I’m a thailand man tho, each to theire own, I’m not mad on any of the other Asian countries,. one thing I will say Laos is way cheaper than thailand,.
It was in my thought process but once I got turned around it was plan B,. I’ve never attempted it in a rental, but I own this car, someone’s mentioned you need a car type passport or such like,. I had all docs with me to,. Car/bus:train/foot whatever gets you across the bridge works,.
I don’t do stress, but considering I got a no at Mae sot regarding border bounce Friday at midday and my alternative was a cross or up country drive for between 6 and 8 hours, I had to make a choice, I was winging it time wise on Friday, and was genuinely getting short of time as deadline was looming,. But I’m not trying to look good, but just stating my facts/expierience/thoughts for fellow travellers, I wished I had I double checked Mae sot status before I went there, as I would have not wasted a tank of fuel and many hours driving,.