Hi again
Thanks for the suggestions! We'll definitely try to get to the Vietnam border and see what happens, but I don't hold out any hope at all having seen the regulations issued in November for foreign cars.
Somehow I think it might be easier to sneak in a motorbike (side cases and top boxes might be a giveaway though) than a Toyota Landcruiser with foreign plates :-)
For info if anyone needs it: after 30 minutes of begging and trying to explain to non-English speaking customs officers at the Chong Mek/Vangtau crossing Thailand to Laos, they gave us a 60 day permit for the car; no cost, no bribe. But 90 days was definitely out of reach. Enough for us anyway: happy about that.
We might try the same when we get to Cambodia, just as an info exercise.
Toyota should be a good bet here as well: in India they always said no when we needed a spot for a week.
@ Snoah: hope you are enjoying your trop: let us know what happens when you leave Laos: am intrigued!
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