Bangkok's new central station, Krung Thep Aphiwat.

The golden building on the left is Lao's immigration checkpoint.



Cina punya macam airport.

Mohan, a small town. Took a local bus to the train station.

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Returned to the pasar malam place... note the electric outlets for each stall.

5am walk to train station






Arrived Yuxi station...

Connect to Hekou at the same Yuxi station, awaiting an hour.
Another high speed train, up to 163kmh. This time it's China Railway, while previously it was LCR (Laos-China Railway).
This sector has lots of tunnels as it goes through a mountainous region... outside temperature around 24°c.

(The other side is Vietnam.)

The long walk from station and through Hekou town ends at this humongous building. It is the immigration and custom checkpoint and for pedestrians only. Exiting to Lao Cai, Vietnam.

Because of some wrong choice of English words used, 'departure lobby', and 'passenger' at the ground floor, it's not apparent that it's an immigration checkpoint.

After you entered the building, there's an arrow pointing to an escalator at the left side. Following the arrow and going up to the 1st floor, you will see a big hall with a long range of immigration counters as in an airport.

Exiting China immigration building and onto the friendship bridge...










Entrance and exit of Vietnam's immigration and customs checkpoint...









(My hotel at Lao Cai... have walk to a short distance to another bridge and crossing it into the town center. 250,000 dong or RM40.)