Day 20
Very early start- 5am wakeup for Laos. 12 hr drive up windy hills and mountains leading to Laos- did nothing for my motion sikcness. popped an anti-sickness pill and subseqwuently knocked out for rest of the journey only to be awoken at the Vietnamese and Laos border. Arrived late afternoon/early evening to Lac Sao- a sleepy town by the border which contains only one restuarant- aptly named "the only one"! We ate at this awful excuse for an eatery and had nothing else to do so headed back to the hotel to watch whatever rubbish was on TV and to sleep- as if I hadn't snoozed enough on the bus! A fact for you- too much sleep makes you more sleepy. I can say this as it's tried and tested on this whole trip with 174 hrs being spent on the road. After a while, all one can do is sleep- and you get off the bus finally but still feel tired at the end of the journey. Another very frustrating aspect of the tour. Im surprised i havnt develoepd some sort of deep vein thrombosis on this trip after all the sitting on my bum in cramped buses.
