Wednesday, December 27, 2006
16 December, 2006
We left Savannekhat and got on a local bus to Pakse. It probably wins for being the worst trip of the travels yet. About 6 hrs of hell, stopping every 100m and letting people on and off. There were even a few live chickens at the back and every so often a group of girls would pour onto the bus with their chicken, pork, eggs for sale. There was cement being loaded at one stage and G-d knows what else? Our bums were killing us and the seat was tiny. People were smoking on the bus but thank goodness it was airy, Rich still had his t-shirt tied around his mouth and nose. Oh, there were no toilet stops and so it really went on forever. The best part about the trip was that we met some people from Singapore and tried to joke about the situation and the lovely journey we were all experiencing. We finally arrived in Pakse with far less people, minus a chicken and an extra few bags of sand. We caught a tuk-tuk with our new friends (Ken and Yu Yuh) to the other bus station and there was a truck leaving for Si Phan Don, our final destination for a few days. It was a fairly pleasant journey, in fact it was incredible compared to the bus, and we arrived 2 hours later. We crossed onto Khong Island (the main island in Si Phan Don) by ferry and we got dropped off right by the hotels. We found a lovely, cheap spot on the river and we were already chilling…
We left Savannekhat and got on a local bus to Pakse. It probably wins for being the worst trip of the travels yet. About 6 hrs of hell, stopping every 100m and letting people on and off. There were even a few live chickens at the back and every so often a group of girls would pour onto the bus with their chicken, pork, eggs for sale. There was cement being loaded at one stage and G-d knows what else? Our bums were killing us and the seat was tiny. People were smoking on the bus but thank goodness it was airy, Rich still had his t-shirt tied around his mouth and nose. Oh, there were no toilet stops and so it really went on forever. The best part about the trip was that we met some people from Singapore and tried to joke about the situation and the lovely journey we were all experiencing. We finally arrived in Pakse with far less people, minus a chicken and an extra few bags of sand. We caught a tuk-tuk with our new friends (Ken and Yu Yuh) to the other bus station and there was a truck leaving for Si Phan Don, our final destination for a few days. It was a fairly pleasant journey, in fact it was incredible compared to the bus, and we arrived 2 hours later. We crossed onto Khong Island (the main island in Si Phan Don) by ferry and we got dropped off right by the hotels. We found a lovely, cheap spot on the river and we were already chilling…
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