Onward! After spending a brilliant two days in Nong Kiew, it was time to soldier on. Locals told us the bus left at 10 or 11...The bus station told us the bus left at 12:30....and the bus actually left a 2. So....needless to say, we spend a lot of time waiting at the bus station, not sure whether we actually were going anywhere! To pass the time, we borrowed some bocce balls and played at the bus station courts...until I broke a ball! Yes folks, I somehow managed to split a giant, heavy metal ball clean in half. Don't ask me how. Don't ask Marshall, either. He was more suprised than me! So, game over there.
We finally climbed aboard a minibus (no pickup trucks here!) and readied ourselves for the 5 hour ride to Vien Thong. It was wild. Twisty, turny, bumpy, cliff-y, rainy, lightening-y...but Marshall and I have agreed it was our favorite bus ride so far. We saw incredible scenery...mountains, rivers, rice paddies, little villages...4 year olds leading giant cows by ropes, packs of pigs and piglets sqealing across the road.... When it got dark and the lightening started, and the bus windows started to leak, it only added to the adventure. We pulled into Vien Thong fairly late, so we didn't get a good chance to explore, but found a comfy guesthouse and some great noodle soup before we crawled into our bug nets (matching pink twin beds with matching pink bug nets was the only option at this guesthouse) and slept.
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