Market on Don Sao Island
Description:
The main attraction of the island of Don Sao is a market consisting of many shops. There you can buy inexpensive goods and souvenirs from Laos (a lot of leather bags, traditional tourist souvenirs, bottles with a snake on alcohol, Lao banknotes, etc.), you can buy Lao beer.
Nearby is the post office, where you can send home a postcard from the territory of Laos.
Boats to the island depart from the pier in Thailand near the Museum of Opium (House of Opium) and the big Buddha by boat. The cost of an hour and a half walk is 400 baht per boat (the price is not fixed you can bargain).
Access to the island is carried out without a visa for all tourists without exception, for a nominal fee of 20 baht.