Laos EOY Trip Itinerary

Hi guys, sorry this one took me so long to come up with. This would be our tentative itinerary for our trip, which can give you a rough gauge of what we are doing. Plan your own budget, baggage etc. with all the information available on this blog to be sure of what you are doing.
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Day	Date	Morning	Afternoon	Night	Remarks
1	3/12	Meet at: 0430 Check-in + final baggage check + breakfast? Singapore-Bangkok Flight: TR 102 Departure Time: 0630 Arrival Time: 0750 (local)	Arrival in Bangkok Est: 0900-1000 Baggage to be stored at Hua Lamphong Station after buying tickets first Early Lunch + Bangkok Orientation + Preparation of items	Overnight train to Ubon Train: EXP67 Departure: 2030 Reach there by 1730 Dinner in Bangkok	No need to have any lodgings here. Must follow schedule closely though, as train leaves once per day Note: time of departure is 4AM
2	4/12	Arrival time: 0530 Breakfast Bus to Warinchamrab then to Phibun	Arrival in Chong Mek from Phibun Est: 1300-1400 Lunch + border crossing Bus to Ban Muang Kao Boat across Mekong to Pakse	Arrival in Pakse Est: 1800-1930 Dinner + Lodgings for the night in a guesthouse Planning for the next day’s activities	Time here is just a rough guide, there is more than one way to Pakse from the border. Just hope to reach there by nightfall.
3	5/12	Breakfast in Pakse Pakse- Sipandon Bus ride: 4-5hours (120km) Leave at 0800	Arrival @ Muang Khuong Est: 1200-1300 Lunch + recce of Don Khuong and nearby islands for service + sightseeing	Dinner @ guesthouse/restaurant Lodgings for the next 4-6 nights Plan for next few days of service	Have to liaise with locals on service, implementation of plans after recce trip of area
4	6/12	Breakfast in Sipandon 0600 wake-up call Service/sightseeing	Service/sightseeing Must be spread over few days Eg. Mekong river, Li Phi falls etc. Lunch in Sipandon	Dinner @ guesthouse/restaurant Debrief for the day and planning for the next	The locals rise early and sleep early (2200 curfew), so we would have to keep up
5	7/12	Breakfast in Sipandon 0600 wake-up call Service/sightseeing	Service/sightseeing Lunch in Sipandon	Dinner @ guesthouse/restaurant Debrief for the day and planning for the next	Our project would be done over 4-5D during this period in Sipandon
6	8/12	Breakfast in Sipandon 0600 wake-up call Service/sightseeing	Service/sightseeing Lunch in Sipandon	Dinner @ guesthouse/restaurant Debrief for the day and planning for the next	Muang Khuong would be our be our base as we remain in Sipandon and her islands
7	9/12	Breakfast in Sipandon 0600 wake-up call Service/sightseeing	Service/sightseeing Lunch in Sipandon	Dinner @ guesthouse/restaurant Debrief for the day and planning for the next	It only takes a while to get around the Sipandon islands, so we will have the same lodgings
8	10/12	Breakfast in Sipandon 0600 wake-up call Sipandon-Pakse Bus ride: 4-5hours	Arrival @ Pakse Est: 1200-1300 Lunch + Lodgings Sightseeing (motorbike rental) to Tad Lo	Arrival @ Tad Lo Est: 1800-1730 (Bus takes approx. 2.5 hours to get there from Pakse) Dinner + Lodgings Debrief for the day and route planning	Our baggage becomes a problem as we need to find a place to store them while we ride around the Bolaven plateau, unless we bring them along
9	11/12	Breakfast in Tad Lo 0600 wake-up call Tad Lo – Paksong	Arrival @ Paksong Est: 1130-1230 (Bus takes appox.1.5 hours from Pakse) Lunch Paksong - Attapeu	Arrival @ Attapeu Est: 1800 – 1830 (Bus takes 5-6 hours from Pakse) Dinner + Lodgings Debrief for the day and route planning	We will sidetrack from the main roads as there is plenty to see, so we will take more time. Just ensure we are in a town by 1830 before nightfall
10	12/12	Breakfast in Attapeu 0600 wake-up call Attapeu - Pakse	Stopovers @ villages of either Ban-Mai or Ban Pha Pho Lunch Continue toward Pakse through Ban Thang beng	Arrival @ Pakse Est: 1900 (unsure as this route is rather unknown) Dinner + Lodgings Debrief for the day and planning for the next day	This day would be rather tight with the timingas we are covering the most distance here. If it is not feasible, we can try to stay over at one of the villages along the route
11	13/12	Breakfast in Pakse 0600 wake-up call Exploration of areas around Pakse	Exploration of areas around Pakse E.g. Champasak, Wat Phou etc	Pakse Dinner + Lodgings Debrief for the day and planning for the next day	We can mostly finish up whatever we want to do in Laos before leaving the next day here
12	14/12	Pakse - Buffer Day	Buffer Day	Buffer Day	Just in case we cannot finish our service. We can also simply leave earlier and spend one more day in Bangkok. But more costs…..
13	15/12	Breakfast in Pakse 0600 wake-up call Check- out + bye bye Laos! Travel to border between Laos and Thailand	Border crossing Border – Chong Mek – Phibun – Warinchamrab – Ubon Lunch in one of these towns will do	Overnight train to Bangkok Train: EXP68 Departure: 1830 Reach there by 1730 Early Dinner in Ubon	We will spend one day traveling back into Thailand, hopefully by another way e. g bus/boat etc
14	16/12	Arrival @ Hua Lamphong Arrival: 0530 Breakfast + Lodgings Bangkok Orientation	Bangkok Orientation Lunch	Bangkok Orientation Dinner	Budget here per person is totally up to you, just spend within your means
15	17/12	Breakfast Bangkok Orientation	Check-out by noon if necessary Bangkok Orientation Lunch	Reach there by 1830 Check-in + baggage checks + Early Dinner in Bangkok Bangkok-Singapore Flight: TR 109 Departure Time: 2010 Arrival Time: 2330 (local)	Tell your parents to be at the airport, say @ 2345 as we all know this #@^#$%& airline is never early. Just kidding…