We are not hardcore. We are actually comfort, order and efficiency loving Singaporeans at heart. The other day when we took a 5 hour busride to Vientiane. We decided on the ‘VIP’ option, and found out that it was one of those beautiful double decker bus (pink curtains and racy coat of paint) types. Unfortunately with no aircon, windows sealed shut, middle of the day.. a sort of claustraphobic’s nightmare. The only good option in these times is to fall asleep. Willy was saved by his 5000 Years Of Condensed Chinese History book and had a very enjoyable trip. The upside for me was that the toilet stop along the way was evidently in cahoots with the person who dismantled the aircon and put icecreams on sale for us. :)
Yesterday was a full day of travel (Vientiane to Bangkok) that was basically lagging by half an hour at every stop. Or, we started half an hour late so panicked at every junction from tuk tuk to bus station to tuk tuk to train. The day was sort of crowned by the fact that the bus didn’t go to the train station, in fact it sailed right past it in full view, and kept going to the middle of town bus station. The train was walking distance from the immigration at the Lao Thai border where we were queueing for ages, whereas the bus station was several miles. This is the point in the show where the contestants usually have a heated argument and sulk, but we did pretty well.
We only kicked ourselves for not asking directions then raced on tuk tuk into the sunset (the sunsets here are fabulous), where we got to the station about ten minutes before the train pulled out. Unfortunately they were out of sleeper class seats so we made the 12 hour journey into Bangkok on hard straight backed seats with the windows open and blasting cold air in. It was not too bad - we rewarded ourselves with a slightly nicer hotel with a really fancy hot shower. Too bad for Willy, he couldn’t find out how to use it and had a cold one instead hee hee
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