Hekou-Yuanyang-Jinghong!

''Buses from Hekou to Yuanyang''

There are 2 buses destinated to Yuanyang元阳 from Hekou河口 each day, depart at 06:00 and 09:50, which take no more than 5 hours depend on the road condition.
and one bus go the Luchun绿春 from Hekou at 10:20 will also drop you at Yuanyang on the same road.
your last chance will be the Hekou - Honghe红河 bus which depart at 11:40. you get off at Nansha(the new Yuanyang township), and switch to the fill-&-run mini-bus from Nansha to Yuanyang, only another 45 minutes away.

Last updated : March 2008

''Transportation from Yuanyang to Jinghong direction or to cross the Chinese border into Laos''

1. Take the first bus from Yuanyang to Luchun绿春(07:30) if you are in a hurry. 121km trip and take more than 4 hours. Travel on praved road but be aware during rainy season, as road surface always collapsed. there are also buses to Luchun at around 09:30, 11:30, 12:30 and 13:30, which is coming from Jianshui and passing through Yuanyang. just wait by the carpark near the Chen's guesthouse.

2. there are 3 buses per day from Luchun to Jiangcheng江城(06:10, 09:30 and 12:00). Sometimes they do have extra bus running in the afternoon by 2, but don't count on that. 264km trip and take about 6 hours on mostly praved road. And same problem as the Luchun road during rainy season, so don't try this if you have a tight schedule. There are also buses to other destination from Luchun everyday, a 313km trip to Simao(06:40), and 411km trip to Mengla(07:20). Boths buses passing through Jiangcheng as well.

3. You need to stay the night either in Luchun or in Jiangcheng to be able to catch the carry on transportation. From Jiangcheng there are direct buses to Jinghong景洪(06:30, 09:40), a 264km trip and it go through unpraved winding mountain road. It goes the same direction as the Mengla bus, but turn right after the town Mengsing勐醒. If you are short of time and want to get to Jinghong quick, better take the much frequent depart bus from Jiangcheng to Simao思茅, then switch to Jinghong bus that run all through the day from Simao, it will be far more quicker by this route. If you are heading to Laos direction, from Jiangcheng take the bus trip to mengla勐腊(07:10, 13:40), a 240km trip take about 8 hours.

4. Every morning there are international buses depart from Mengla to Louang Namtha(09:00), and Luang Prabang(07:30) through the small border town Mohang磨憨 into Laos, and even a bus all the way to Vientiane on every even-number day at 08:00am.

last updated March,2008