From Cat Ba to Laos proved to be quite the ordeal. First, we took a van back to the harbor, where we sailed for about 2 hours until we made it back to the mainland.
We had lunch, then hopped on a bus which took us to Hanoi. Once there, we were ushered into a travel agent's office where we waited 10 minutes, until we were told we needed to walk a few blocks to meet our taxi (keep in mind that we were hauling all of our belongings, and it was rush hour).
Our taxi finally arrived and after some confusion, dropped us off at the bus station. Zoe and I were exhausted and our journey had only truly begun. Our bus left Hanoi around 7pm, and we made it to the Laos border around 5:30am. Immigration didn't start processing until 7, so wewaited around slept.
When the office did open it was a slow, but steady process. I'd heard horror stories of 3 hour processing times, but it took 1.5 hours tops, to exit Vietnam, secure our visas for Laos, and be on our way.
We left the border, hopped back on the bus, and arrived in Vientiane around 5pm, a full 32 hours after we departed Cat Ba!
We had lunch, then hopped on a bus which took us to Hanoi. Once there, we were ushered into a travel agent's office where we waited 10 minutes, until we were told we needed to walk a few blocks to meet our taxi (keep in mind that we were hauling all of our belongings, and it was rush hour).
Our taxi finally arrived and after some confusion, dropped us off at the bus station. Zoe and I were exhausted and our journey had only truly begun. Our bus left Hanoi around 7pm, and we made it to the Laos border around 5:30am. Immigration didn't start processing until 7, so we
When the office did open it was a slow, but steady process. I'd heard horror stories of 3 hour processing times, but it took 1.5 hours tops, to exit Vietnam, secure our visas for Laos, and be on our way.
We left the border, hopped back on the bus, and arrived in Vientiane around 5pm, a full 32 hours after we departed Cat Ba!
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