Our trip from Laos into Thailand was not an easy and was full of choices. We could either spend $100 to fly, 3 days and a little less money taking a boat along the Mekong or spend 15+ hours on a local bus with no air con to the Laos/Thai border. This would save us (the trio and our Aussie friend Ryo) the most time and cost the least, but we were NOT looking forward to it. Still we knew it was the decision that had to be made- so off we went. On a local bus was filled with Laotians sleeping in the aisles, no AC, non reclining seats, and few valiums for our 15 hour overnight bus to the border. The driver was a maniac, I think he was driving fast due to the
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