Our journey from Luang Prabang to Vientiane, the capital of Laos, was on a sleeping VIP bus. This was a first for us, and generally it was a good experience, but not something I would want to do if I was traveling alone. We left around 8pm for the ten hour journey, which is probably only 200 miles or so. Upon entering the bus we were pleasantly surprised to find the conditions conducive to sleeping. The sleeping bus essentially replaces seats with small cubes, stacked two high, to sleep in. The one downfall is that the cubes are relatively small. I think they were about as wide as a twin bed but only about five feet long – this is for two people. This was no big deal for Amy and me; however, if we were
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