Paksan, Lao Peoples Dem Rep

On the move again...we now started heading East to the Vietnamese border via a little town called Paksan! In the Lonely Planet guide it basically said there was not alot there but this was where we really started to see the real Laos...FINALLY! And it all ...

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We had been warned that not many people do the (supposedely) 8 hour journey from Phonsavan to Paksan, the road being so bad..All we hoped for was a bus, and not a truck, so we were ecstatic when we were pointed to what looked like an ancient but reliable ...

Just passing through.  Glad to be off the bus but place really is a shit hole.

The first full day of my GAP tour began with a 5:00 am wake up call for a 5:30 bus ride to Pak San, a full day's journey through some wet and miserable terrain. After lunch at what passes for a restaurant at the Vietnam/ Laos border (unevenly heated two ...