Pakxe, Laos

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After one night back in Vientiane I took an overnight bus to Pakxe, Laos. I was told that the bus was a sleeper. In South America that would mean that the seats recline all the way and the legs lift up. Not so in Laos. There were upper and lower bunk beds on the bus, singles on the left and doubles (not much bigger than singles) on the right. Unfortunately the truck that pickedme and a few others up to go to the bus station was late and I had to share a double bunk with an old Lao man. He was nice enough, but didn't understand the 50/50 split very well. Nine hours trying to sleep next to this guy. Not very restful.

Pakxe was a small city, not the most interesting place I have been, but it did have its charms. I only spent a day there before heading to Champasak.

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