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Day 16; Failed to MaeKlong, to Yaowarat Then!

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Bangkok, at last. Menurut gw, Bangkok tuh kota modern, metropolitan, yang jauh beda dari Jakarta. Pokoknya di atasnya Jakarta lah. Well, I'm about to be proven wrong! Ternyata ga semua area Bangkok tuh keren dan bersih dan rapih. Dan seharian ini gw berkali-kali sial! ----- Artikel ini merupakan rangkaian perjalanan solo backpacking gua keliling ASEAN selama kurang lebih sebulan. Prologue-nya udah gua tulis  di sini ,  kenapa gua melakukan solo travelling seperti ini.  Day 1 ,  Day 2  di Melaka,  Day 3 di Phnom Penh ,  Day 4 perjalanan ke Siem Reap ,  Day 5 keliling Angkor Wat ,  Day 6 Killing Field Siem Reap ,  Day 7  nyeberang perbatasan Kamboja-Vietnam lewat darat.   Day 8 keliling Saigon dan masuk ke  War Remnant Museum ,  Day 9 main ke  Vietnam Traditional Medicine Museum   and then   Stranded at Old Quarter Hanoi in the middle of the night.   That night, enjoyed  Hanoi Old Quarter, Car Free Day & Weekend Market.   Day 11 gw kejebak hujan, tapi akhirnya   enjoy egg cof

Thanaleng, Laos-Thai Land Border

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Woke up that day in the morning, had breakfast and contemplating. Should I Vientiane more? Should I go to Luang Prabang? Or go to Thailand, which is just a stone's throw away from here? I really  wanted to stay in this town or this country. But after calculated the distance from Vientiane to Luang Prabang, it would take another 7,5 hours by bus! Not again! I gave up quickly, LOL. Plus, Thai is just across the Mekong river there! So I decided to just crossed to my next country.  Thanaleng Border just after the Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge ----- Packing done. Check out done. I walked to the Talat Sao morning market. The International bus terminal was just across the market, and just around 2 kilos from my hostel. There are two terminals there, Central Bus Station (CBS) and Khua Din Bus Station (KD).  Khua Din Bus Station Central Bus Station building to buy ticket & waiting area. Khua Din bus station is the same building but different door, located behind this