ビエンチャンからハノイまでのバスは

暑すぎる、エアコンがない、必要以上に時間がかかる、バスの運転手はドライブの途中で6時間も寝ていた。

Too hot, no ac, took way lobger than necesarry, bus driver had a 6 hour sleep break mid drive

乗り心地はよかった。しかし、15時発のハノイ行きのバスをネットで予約した。バスターミナルに着くと、バスの運転手は18時発だと言った。だから私たちは出発まで3時間待たなければならなかった。予約確認書をチェックしたら、確かに午後3時発のバスを予約したと書いてある。23時間のバスドライブに行く前に3時間待つのは良くないので、変更すべきです。

The ride was fine. But we booked online a bus to Hanoi that leaves at 3 pm. When we came at the busstation, the bus driver said that it leaves at 6pm. So we had to wait for 3 hours before it leaves. I checked our booking confirmation and it definitely says we booked a bus from 3 pm. You should change that, because waiting 3 hours before going on a 23 hours busdrive is not nice.

かなり怖かったけど、旅はなかなか良かったし、オペレーターも熱心にサポートしてくれた。バスはプライバシーがないので少し心配ですが、他に選択肢はありません。とても楽しく旅を終えることができました。

I was quite scared but the trip was quite good and the operator also supported me enthusiastically. I'm a little worried because the bus doesn't have privacy, but I have no other choice. I completed my trip very happily

バスは17:00には始まらなかった。18:00に始まった。誰も何をすべきか、休憩はいつなのかを教えてくれなかった。スタッフは英語が話せなかった。予約確認書に明確な指示がなかった。

Bus didn't start at 17:00. It started at 18:00. Nobody told us what to do or when a break is. The staff wasn't able to talk English. No clear instructions from the booking confirmation.

彼らはすべての時間を1つのバスに統合するので、私の1700のバスは1740を予約した人々と同じで、1800近くに出発した。道路はめちゃくちゃで（予想通り）、入国審査もめちゃくちゃだった（予想通り）。ハノイ到着は1530ではなく2000だった（これも予想通り）。期待値を低く設定すれば、失望することはないというのが経験則だ。全体的に快適な旅ではなかったが、自殺したいとは思わなかった。

They consolidate all the times into one bus, so my 1700 bus was same as the folks who booked the 1740, it left closer to 1800. Roads were a mess(expected), and immigration was a mess (expected). Arrived to Hanoi at 2000 not 1530 (also expected). Set your expectations low and you cannot be disappointed is a good rule of thumb. Overall the bud was not comfortable but I didn’t quite want to commit suicide, I mean it’s a 27h bus what do you really expect

全体的に非常に良い乗り物です。いくつかのレビューに書かれている欧米人に対するいじめのような行為は一切経験したことがない。とても親切なスタッフですが、英語が話せないので、ジェスチャーでのコミュニケーションになります :) ビエンチャン-ハノイ: 午前2時半頃国境に到着、国境が開くまで休憩、入国審査でラオス人スタッフに10kキップ、ベトナム人スタッフに50kキップのチップを支払う。事前にeVisaを取得していたのが功を奏したのか、全てうまくいきました。到着時のビザはありません。一人、eVisaでベトナムに入る国境検問所を間違えていて、ベトナム人スタッフに200万ドンほど支払って入国していた。国境ではドンは必要なく、すべてキップで支払えた。バスは快適で、1-2時間の遅れで到着した。バスは快適で、1-2時間の遅れで到着しました。最後にとても長い距離を走るので、もう一度乗るかどうかは分かりませんが、そのためにお金を払っているのだと思います。グッジョブ!

Overall very good ride. I‘ve experienced none of all the bullying behavior against Western people described in some reviews. Very kind staff but unable to speak English, so it‘s more of a gesture-based communication :) Vientiane-Hanoi: Arrived at the border around 2.30 am, took a rest until the border opens, paid 10k Kip tip to the Lao staff and 50k Kip to the Vietnamese staff at immigration. Everything worked well having the eVisa in advance. No visa on arrival available. One guy had the wrong border crossing checkpoint to enter Vietnam in his eVisa, so he paid about 2M Dong to the Vietnamese staff to get in. Didn’t need any Dong at the border, I could pay everything in Kip. Bus was comfortable and we arrived only with a delay of 1-2 hours. Hard to tell if I‘d do it again bc it‘s a very long ride in the end but that‘s what you pay for I assume. Good job!

チェックポイントのために私たちを起こそうと叫んだ 席替えをしようとすると怒鳴られた 私たちよりラオス人が好き 英語も話せず、肩を叩きながら歩いてくるので、ついていくしかなかった。

They yelled to wake us up for the check point Yelled at us because we wanted to change seats Favorite Lao people over us Didn’t speak English and just tapped on our shoulder and walked so we had to follow them..

The bus staff were great. They didn’t speak English but made sure we knew where to go and what to do throughout the boarder crossing. The bus was clean and as advertised with regular food and toilet stops. Unfortunately there was no toilet on the bus, which you’d usually expect with a VIP classed bus. However, the regular toilet stops made this okay. It would have been useful to know the approximate timings of the toilet stops on paper though, so people know when they can comfortably drink liquids etc.

Got an email 2 hours before departure that my selected type of vehicle ( VIP SLEEPER BUS) was not available, and I got downgraded to a seated couch bus . Yes I got 150.000 back , but I couldn’t do anything else apart from taking the bus anyway. No time to change the bus, reebok another day or with another company . Felt like there where not enough people on that bus and they decided to use only one bus regardless of the vip status or not. Felt a bit like a scam

The bus does NOT leave from Southern bus terminal. I was at the terminal 2 hours early. Boone was there. Eventually I saw people about an hour before departure. Boone knew where the bus was. I finally found someone who told me it left from a station across town. Three of us who were waiting grabbed the taxi but arrived five minutes late. Stuck there with no t Refund. Forced to buy another ticket on another line. How do I get reimbursed the $67?