A 24hr bus ride from Luan Prabang to Kunming in China.  Our 6^th border crossing and the best by far, in fact, it was a breeze.  We were a little hesitant getting a bus rather than a flight, but a cost of $54 versus $700 helped make up our mind. 

We slept comfortably throughout – at least 18 hours – Sam was in heaven.  Shortly after the crossing we stopped for a break.  We went to withdraw some hard currency but neither of the ATMs were forthcoming – shit – what do we do!  We had no choice but to travel the remainder of the journey without food or water and, thankfully, when we arrived at the main station we got some.  It didn’t do us any harm to starve for a few hours.

So funny, we had to endure karoke throughout, or at least while we were awake.  They had the equivalent of MTV blasting out on LCD screens and, if one could read Chinese, you could sing along – and many did!  The Chinese go mad for it.  I got excited when I seen the screens and hoped they would be playing a few movies, but after some thought knew, even if they did, they would be in Chinese.

Some photos of our cool karoke bus.