Bus station vendors

You can stock up on fruits, other snacks, water and other drinks for the trip. Prices are inflated, of course, but not too far over the top. If you are lucky they will have baguettes to make sandwiches, too. When I first got to Laos from Thailand, I was so excited to see baguettes with lettuce, tomato, carrot, onion and Happy Cow cheese. I thought I could eat one every day and not get sick of this simple combo. Not so. Within the first four sandwiches I was sick of it.

Bus tips

April 1st 2009
I've already written about my "V.I.P" bus experience, but since then I've gotten a lot more bus/minivan/songthaew-riding experience in Laos under my belt. The roads in northern Laos are, by necessity due to the mountainous topography, quite curvy. I think the country has come a long way in terms of infrastructure from what I understand, but some roads are extra difficult to travel because of th ... read more

Asia » Laos » North

Laos was under the control of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao border with Thailand. In 1975, the Communist Pathe... ... read more

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