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After arriving in Vientiane early the next morning we were tired and unsure of what to do next. We wanted to get down to the south and there was a tuk-tuk driver telling us to board a certain bus which was leaving immediately so we did. It was a local bus which took about another 8 hours down to the south. But it was quite an experience as we were the only foreigners on a bus which foreigners don’t usually take. The pee breaks were literally a stop at the side of the road, and a squat next to the bus. These became quite usual, especially in Cambodia, where almost every other page of the guidebook warns never to stray off the path due to land mines. The bus also stopped for about 30 minutes while they loaded up about 30 barrels of tobacco onto the roof.