Day 1 From Champasak we crossed the river and headed back up to Pakse where we jumped on a bus to the border town of Chong Mek crammed into yet another Laos bus with 40 others and a continual denial by the ticket man that we could fit more onto the truck. Ricko meanwhile was crushing some poor little Laos girl between him and the cabin as we went over yet another bump in the road. Then it was a relatively uneventful crossing back into Thailand with Mark (NZ) in tow. Once on the Thai side we were back into similar buses albeit with shining chrome, ceiling fans and 4 other passengers aboard - Ah... Thailand transport! Arriving in Warin (south Ubon) we meandered through the streets in search of our guesthouse which was pretty quaint
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