So, I got the hell out of Dodge (Cambodia), and after the usual harassment in customs, I landed in Pakse, Laos. I wanted to go straight down south to Si Phan Don (the 4000 Islands) so I needed to get me some transportation to the southern bus station, conveniently located 6km south of town... I tell ya folks, they have this cartel thing going here in South East Asia, where you almost always have to take a tuk-tuk or something to get your ass into town or to some bus station if you don't want to haul your 15-30kg of baggage a bunch of K's... Anyway, I thought I'd get mobbed as usual by tuk-tuk drivers foaming at the mouth desperately trying to get my attention. Boy, was I wrong! Only one dude asked me if
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