First, lets deal with the journey to Vaing Vien......OH DEAR! We were meant to be departing at 4:30pm...when we arrived at the bus station they told us our bus had broken down...and we would have to get the next public bus at 6:30pm....WE HAD to leave today...according to our strictly itineray we had to be in VV by that night! Finally, after much delay...the bus started loading, lots of ppl, good, vegetables...motor bikes on the roof...and farrrr too many people! Luckily Laura and I got seats...they were extremely tight...my legs didnt fit in properly and at first i was able to stick them out in the corridor....then came the plastic stools and the extra people!!! In Laos they have NO concept of respecting people's personal space! Like none! There are no words for "yours"; "mine" and
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