Location: Vientiane, Laos & Hanoi, Vietnam
Recorded: October 21, 2022
Vlog 53
This vlog encompasses 3 days of travel. The goal was to get from Luang Prabang, Laos to Hanoi, Vietnam. We started off in Luang Prabang, which is in the north of Laos. We took a train that was supposed to be an hour and a half from Luang Prabang to Vientiane, the capital of Laos, which ended up being over 3 hours.
In Vientiane, we stayed one night at an Airbnb, before taking our bus the next day. However, we still had not received our Vietnam e-visas, even though we had applied 5 business days prior, and they are only supposed to take 3 business days. We ended up paying $80 to expedite our visas, but they still hadn't come in by 4:30 PM. At this point, we had given up on getting to Vietnam in the next few days, as our bus left at 6 PM, and the next bus wasn't until 4 days from then.
Luckily, right as we had given up, the visas came in at 4:35 PM. We quickly mobilized into action. Patricia threw all of our belongings into our bags, and Matt sprinted to a printing shop. The print shop ended up being extremely far, but a nice local let him into her house to print the visas. Once we had the visas secured, we took a taxi and made it to the bus station at 5:45 PM. Miraculously, we made it onto the bus!
The border crossing at Moc Bai land port was relatively smooth, although to cross the border we had to walk over a kilometer on foot through the freezing rain, and the Vietnamese customs agents only stamped us in for 15 days instead of 30 like we were supposed to receive. We were just really happy that we actually made it to Vietnam!
We arrived in Hanoi almost exactly 24 hours later, and were greeted with a super luxurious Airbnb that we only paid $14 a night for!
We hope you enjoy the vlog even though it is super long, and we are excited to show you more of Hanoi over the next few days!
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