This area is ready for the tourism boom that is quickly
approaching with three waterfalls to explore and enjoy.
I was traveling with local bus from Paksé South bus station which was a sand pit with lots of busses and a local market. Cows, dogs, cats having a stroll and probably thinking what all this commotion is about. My bus was an old battered one and my bag placed on the roof, no aircon. I was there early to get my ticket, drop bag, have breakfast ( bowl of soup) and got seat on the bus which was already filling up. When it was almost time to leave a tuk-tuk with 6 Westerns showed up, they entered the bus and made their appearance clear (loud voices). They were from a certain country where this is common or I should say only when you're outside your country. Six of them and only 2 seats so some of them were seated on plastic stools in the aisle, however two 'gentlemen ' claimed the 2 front seats left which were empty for a reason. The bus left but just outside the station we picked up some more locals incl a mother and tiny baby but the 'gentlemen' didn't feel inclined to give up their seat and sit in the aisle. They just smirked at their mates that they had the best seats in the bus. That over we continued but after half hr someone screamed "stop the bus" apparently a man was having some kind of seizure or it seemed like it. So the bus stopped and commotion all over to find out if it was serious or not. The Westerners were all over the man and trying to find a solution but the locals just said he was asleep!
We continued our trip and an hour later the man left the bus walking on his own feet with no recognition of what happened earlier. The very slow journey continued with stops to drop locals off at their destination or packages at shops, people look after each other and are very helpful, don’t complain that they have to stop at many stops or sit in the aisle of the bus.
I was traveling with local bus from Paksé South bus station which was a sand pit with lots of busses and a local market. Cows, dogs, cats having a stroll and probably thinking what all this commotion is about. My bus was an old battered one and my bag placed on the roof, no aircon. I was there early to get my ticket, drop bag, have breakfast ( bowl of soup) and got seat on the bus which was already filling up. When it was almost time to leave a tuk-tuk with 6 Westerns showed up, they entered the bus and made their appearance clear (loud voices). They were from a certain country where this is common or I should say only when you're outside your country. Six of them and only 2 seats so some of them were seated on plastic stools in the aisle, however two 'gentlemen ' claimed the 2 front seats left which were empty for a reason. The bus left but just outside the station we picked up some more locals incl a mother and tiny baby but the 'gentlemen' didn't feel inclined to give up their seat and sit in the aisle. They just smirked at their mates that they had the best seats in the bus. That over we continued but after half hr someone screamed "stop the bus" apparently a man was having some kind of seizure or it seemed like it. So the bus stopped and commotion all over to find out if it was serious or not. The Westerners were all over the man and trying to find a solution but the locals just said he was asleep!
We continued our trip and an hour later the man left the bus walking on his own feet with no recognition of what happened earlier. The very slow journey continued with stops to drop locals off at their destination or packages at shops, people look after each other and are very helpful, don’t complain that they have to stop at many stops or sit in the aisle of the bus.
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The loud tourists on the bus sounded obnoxious, and I can guess which country they were from ... hilarious story re the man seemingly having a fit but turns out the locals think he was just sleeping!
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