We booked the minibus to Vang Vieng through our hostel, Lucky Backpackers Hostel, for 90,000kip with pickup included. We picked the 10am bus with an estimated arrival time of 1pm.
We got picked up at 9.30am by a tuk tuk that was already full which had to squeeze on several more people leaving some standing on the back! We got dropped off at the minibus 15 minutes later.
The minibus is very basic and they kept filling it up with more and more people. They made sure all the aisle seats were down and used. Most of us got on the bus at 9.45 however we didn't leave for another hour until they filled the remaining 5 seats.
When we finally left the driver didn't say anything about times etc and made several stops within the first half an hour; fuel, papers, food... This left a few people making comments from the back of the bus about how many stops we were making! As you read before entering Laos, everyone is very laid back and never in a hurry. This was our first experience of this.
So after making our way through traffic jams in Vientiane, we were on our way at around 12.00. The rest of the trip was fine with a quick 15 minute stop in the middle.
We arrived at Vang Vieng bus station around 2.30pm where if you wait for 5 minutes, a free shuttle will take you into the centre of Vang Vieng.
3 out of 5
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