The Laos trip: Vang Vieng to Luang Prabang, Day 4

After some break, it is time to continue the Laos trip story!

So, leaving Vang Vieng we chose bus ( they also offer minibus as well), a so called VIP bus, what left 10AM from Vang Vieng and supposed to arrive to Luang Prabang 6 hours later, around 4PM. Did I use the word suppose? Yes. The correct one, as you will see.

All started fine, 9:30 AM a smaller bus collected us, and others, and send us to the bus station.

We were on the road in time.

Though they name the bus VIP, it is more like 2Nd class, with no toilet. But whatever, it is only 6 hours, right?!

As said, it is all started out good. After Vang Vieng, the road is mostly curves, cant remember much as 2 km straight road. But the scenery is amazing, breathtaking, fantastic.

More into the travel, the hills changed to mountains, the valleys ever deeper, and the road lead on the edge, giving a continuous panoramic view to them.

And around halfway, the problems started. We stopped, then soon stopped again, and then some more. They said it was something about the oil, but also we lost air-conditioning somewhere on the way. First it was hot, later the opposite. In the mountains air can cool down surprisingly fast, after sunset. Good, it didn't snow, but I was definitely feeling cold. Like long time not. Didn't like it, I can tell you!

We arrived finally around 9:30PM to Luang Prabang, after 11 and half hour on the bus ( and on the side, waiting to be patched up to go a bit again). So much about the 6 hours ride, or being there in the afternoon.

There we got the next problem. To find guesthouse was an a la minute task, but was planned for the afternoon, not for 10 PM, with a sleepy kid.

As it was, most rooms were already taken, but with some luck, after half hour we found a suitable one, which we could stay. A fast sandwich from the street for dinner, and in no time we were asleep after this memorable bus ride.