Brainstorming Flights Routes

///Friday, 30 March 2012 - Perth (PER) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL)

D7 237

0650 (PER)

1230 (KUL)

=290AUD

WITH ROUND TRIP

***Saturday, 28 April 2012 - Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Perth (PER)

D7 236

2350 (KUL)

0525 (PER)

(+1 day)

=199.00 AUD

///Friday, 30 March 2012 - Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Chengdu (CTU)

D7 326

1800 (KUL)

2240 (CTU)

=87.86USD

///Saturday, 28 April 2012 - Vientiane (VTE) to Kuala Lumpur (KUL)

AK 1413

1705 (VTE)

2045 (KUL)

=73.00 USD

USING THE ROUND TRIP

***Saturday, 28 April 2012 - Kuala Lumpur (KUL) to Perth (PER)

D7 236

2350 (KUL)

0525 (PER)

(+1 day)

///Flights from Lhasa to Daqing (Yunnan)

Main China Airlines - www.airchina.com

China Eastern - Only fly Tues and Monday & Friday - http://en.ceair.com/mu/

///Could fly from Bangkok to Laos ~$200AUD oneway, then will need to get to Bangkok and figure out how to get back to Perth e.g. China > Bangkok or China > Singapore?

Hence a reverse route

{KL}>[fly]>

{CHINA-SICHUAN}Chengdu>[bus]>Huanglong>[bus]>Jiuzhaigou>[bus]>Chengdu>[train]>

{TIBET}Lhasa>[fly]>

{CHINA-YUNNAN}Zhongdian>[bus]>Lijiang>[bus]>Dali>[bus]>Kunming>[bus]>Mengla/Jinghong>[bus]>Mohan(Border town)>

{LAOS}Luang Namtha>[bus]>Oudomxai>[bus]>Luang Prabang>[bus]>Vientiane

#Visa Info from: http://www.laos-guide-999.com/from-China-by-road.html

*NOTE: due to reverse route have to get Visa at Lao border...Little bit harder

Only Mohan/Boten (Mengla in Yunnan province / Luang Namtha province) border crossing point is an international crossing where travellers can get Lao visa on arrival

**NOTE: China to Lao by Water

It is also possible to travel to Laos by boat from Kunming or Xishuangbanna, China, through the Mekong river straight South to Xieng Kok river port in Luang Namtha province.

At this stage Xieng Kok river port checkpoint does not issue Lao visa on arrival. I'd recommend you get visa for Laos from the Lao embassy beforehand if you plan to enter Laos at this checkpoint.

#Visa info from Australian Embassy: http://www.laos.embassy.gov.au/vtan/AEV0001.html

Tourist visas valid for 30 days can be obtained on arrival at Vientiane and Luang Prabang International Airports, and at the Friendship Bridge between Nong Khai Thailand and Vientiane Laos

Passport photographs are required for a visa on arrival. All other crossing points require a valid Lao visa already in the passport, which must be obtained from a Lao Embassy abroad.

NOTE:

Travellers are remined to check their passports, when entering and leaving

Laos, to ensure they have received a correctly dated entry/exit stamp. Penalties can apply for entering Laos without an entry stamp and for crossing the border at non authorised crossing points.

#Visa info from: http://projectvisa.com/visainformation/Laos

---as off Jan/2011

China [type L - visa info via http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/hzqz/zgqz/t84246.htm]:

Mohan - Boten.

Xiengkok riverport. (No visa on Arrival)

Sohun Checkpoint. (No visa on Arrival)