Luang Prabang ● Laos

Information to the journey from Chiang Rai (Thailand) to
Luang Prabang (Laos):

After passport control in Laos, I recomment taking a boat / ship to Luang Prabang.

The bus ride is an overnight trip [unless you take the 5:00 am bus (book online)]

The overnight bus departs from the Terminal at 5:30 pm (accessible by taxi after passport control) and arrives in Luang Prabang around 1:00 pm the next day.

There are not seats on the bus, only double bunks. If you're unlucky, you'll be squashed next to a stranger; the bunk is only about 80 cm wide, so a bit tight for two people.
The best things to do is buy two tickets next to each other, then you'll have the bed to yourself

There's also no toilet on the bus.

I was told afterward that taking the ship / boat would be more comfortableRead more