Laos is renowned for being laid back which is a good thing sometimes but can be annoying. If you want to catch a bus anywhere no one ever knows the exact time it will leave, it just depends when the driver wants to go. We just turn up early at a bus station and at some point it will normally depart that morning. When we were coming back from Nong Khiaw to Luang Prabang, we filled up the 12 seater mini bus but had to wait for another hour whilst the driver went to the bathroom, had a cigarette, talked to his friends, reverse the van to face the opposite direction then went back to chat with his friends – haha, you can either laugh or cry you just have to be happy that you have
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