Mengla Travel Guide

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Transportation  

To Mohan - Lao border and Southern villages

To Mohan - Lao border and Southern villages, Mengla

 picek Says:  There are frequent mini buses daily to Mohan - international Lao-China border check point direction from Southern (mini) bus station. It is about 20 min walk by the main road from regional bus station in centre (or 5 min by city bus). The buses will depart as soon they get... 

Warnings Or Dangers  

streets full of love

streets full of love, Mengla

 picek Says:  If you stay in Mengla overnight you may be surprised of the abundance of love 'shops' in the main street. It feels like being in the red light district, every that kind of place is by the main road, next to hotels, one next to another. Girls are sitting on the sofa waiting... 

no ATMs for foreign card

no ATMs for foreign card, Mengla

 picek Says:  There are no ATMs in Mengla which accept foreign cards and if you arrive there on weekends (i.e. from Laos) when banks are closed you'll have to change money on the black market. Usually there is one guy waiting for new costumers right at the regional bus station in the... 

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Gene's Cafe

Gene's Cafe, Mengla

 beornot2be Says:  if you need travel info, cheap food or a nice guy to talk to visit Gene's Cafe in Mengla.Just outside the second bus station, where you take the bus to Mohan (Loa border) 

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 if you need travel info, cheap food or a nice guy to talk to visit Gene's Cafe in Mengla.Just outside the second bus station, where you take the bus to Mohan... 

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In Mengla ... forgotten

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 It's city in transition - nowsadays typical Chinese trade city with traces of Dai and Burmese atmosphere. Not much of their architecture have been left here, though. And has infamous rate of illegal... 

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 I've got some interesting experiences in Mengla. I'd love to share with you the 0 tips I've written, the 2 photos uploaded, and 0 travelogues I've created. 

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