🚌 Chong Mek - Vang Tao

Terrestrial · Thailand

The towns on both sides of this border are small and don’t have much to see or do other than shop at some fairly basic markets or grab a bite to eat. Once through to the crossing itself, there is a walk of a few hundred meters to enter the other immigration checkpoint. Chong Mek is around 100km east of Ubon Ratchathani, takes around an hour and a half in a taxi, and costs around 1000 baht ($33). On the Laos side, Pakse is the first point of interest and is about 40km or so east of the crossing, and takes under an hour to reach.