What should I pay attention to when traveling to Laos?

1. Carry-on: Passport is the only legal identification abroad.

In order to prevent acclimatization, it is best to take some standing medicines, such as berberine, cold medicine, anti-inflammatory medicine, painkiller, band-aid, wind oil, etc., and please also take spare medicines according to your physical condition.

No matter when you go to Laos all the year round, summer clothes are timely. Generally, spare coats are enough, and a thin sweater is enough at the coldest. It will be more convenient to travel with some items that match summer clothes, such as sunglasses, sun hats, umbrellas, purses and other heatstroke prevention items.

2. Precautions:

1) Please ask permission and keep your distance when taking photos with monks. Ladies must not approach or touch monks, and they must not touch objects.

2) When entering the temple, please pay attention to dress neatly, and your upper body should not show your shoulders and navel, and your lower body should not show above your knees. Take off your shoes when you enter the main hall.

3) The local people think that the head is sacred and the feet are dirty. Don't touch other people's heads, and don't point at things with your toes, otherwise it will be regarded as very rude behavior.

4) Tourists should pay attention to their behavior in public places, and don't be too intimate or too exposed.

5) The local market will sell all kinds of fried insects and all kinds of wild animals, so don't buy them. On the one hand, it may be infected with unknown diseases, on the other hand, it is also to protect wild animals.

6) Although Laos can go to landing visa, when leaving the domestic airport, there is no foreign visa, and the airport border inspectors will not release it. It is suggested that the visa should be obtained in China first, and the passport should be valid for at least six months.

3. In case of special circumstances, call the emergency number for help:

1) Emergency call 112

2) Fire alarm 19

3) Fei Jing 191

4) First aid 195

5) Information desk 178/179

6) Embassy of China in Laos 855. There is abundant rainfall throughout Laos, with the minimum annual precipitation of 1,25 mm, the maximum annual precipitation of 3,75 mm and the average annual precipitation of about 2, mm.. ?

2. The Mekong River, which originated in China, is the largest river in Laos, flowing 19km in the west and Vientiane, the capital. It is 234km long as the border between Laos and Myanmar, and 976.3km long as the border between Laos and Thailand.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Laos