Many people will use Chiang Mai as their jumping off point for their travels to Laos and Indochina. The Thai boarder town of Chiang Kong is only a 5 hour bus ride away. From here it is a simple immigration process which involves getting yourself stamped out of Thailand crossing the Mekong on a long tail boat and then passing through Lao immigration formalities in the Laos town of Huay Xai. from Huay Xai fast and slow boats ply up and down the mekong to the town of Luang Prabang. Travel hub can offer two choices of transport packages to get you from Chiang Mai to Luang Prabang.