巴士从琅勃拉邦南站到河内

比我预想的要好。我之前看过所有的评论，还以为会更糟。巴士准时出发。因为是周三，所以车上没有厕所，也没有给手机充电的插座。我们没有遇到种族歧视，只是坐在巴士前面，他们叫我们，我们就上车了。座位还算舒适，可以调节。有两个座位在一起，还有一个在边上，所以情侣们可以挨着睡。司机懂几个英语单词，但即使不懂，我们也能就停车和过境问题进行基本交流。司机不是很友好，但还可以。第二个司机比较细心，帮我们寻找丢失的耳机。第一次停车上厕所是在两三个小时后的晚上 9 点左右，司机大喊 "厕所"，所以很容易理解。我建议大家换乘，因为直到早上 8 点我们到达边境时才有厕所。老挝边境一侧的厕所还可以使用，不过没有纸，所以一定要带好。另外，一定不要穿上不想弄脏的衣服，因为边境口岸泥泞不堪。我们有护照和越南电子签证，所以过关没有问题。我们先到老挝边境，他们检查了我们的电子签证。然后，我们走了大约 3-4 分钟就到了越南一侧，从巴士上取下行李，他们也检查了我们的护照和电子签证以及行李。没有排队，也没有额外费用。之后，我们又走了 4-5 分钟，在关卡后的一个有遮盖的地方（像公共汽车站）停了下来，我们的公共汽车就在那里接我们。我们根本不用走很多路。整个过程花了我们 1-1.5 个小时。下午 1:30-2 点，我们停下来吃了点东西（那里有个厕所），然后就没再停下来。下午 5 点，我们换乘了巴士，因为我们的巴士需要修理，我们换乘了一辆有三排独立床铺的巴士。1.5 小时后，我们到达河内。老挝的路有点颠簸，但到了越南就好多了。但司机在越南经常按喇叭（显然，这在越南很正常）。总的来说，这么长的车程还算不错。没什么可怕的。

It was better that I expected. I've read all the reviews before and was expecting something worse. The bus left on time. It's was Wednesday so the bus didn't have a toilet or outlets to charge phones. We didn't experience racism, we were just sitting in front of the bus when they called us and we got on. The seats were pretty comfortable and sleapable. There were 2 seats together and then one - on the side, so couples could sleep next to each-other. The driver knew a few English words but even without it we could have basic communication about stops and border crossing. The driver was not very friendly, but it was okay. The second driver was more attentive and helped us to search for lost headphones. The first toilet stop was in 2-3 hours at approximately 9 PM and the drivers yellled "toilet" so it was easy to understand. I recommend taking this change because there were no toilet stops until 8AM when we reached the border. The toilets in Laos side of the border were manageable, no paper though so make sure to have it. Also, make sure you don't put on the clothes you don't want to get dirty, because the border crossing was muddy. We had passports and Vietnamese E-Visa so there were no problems crossing the border. At first we went to Laos border and they checked our e-visas. Then we walked like 3-4 minutes and got to the Vietnamese side, took bags from our bus and got also checked for our passports and e-visas as well as bags. No queue and no extra fee. After that, we walked again for 4-5 minutes and stopped at a covered area (like a bus stop) after the barrier, where we got picked by our bus. We didn't have to walk a lot at all. The whole proess took us 1-1.5 hours. We stopped to eat at 1:30-2PM (there was a toilet there) and then didn;t stop anymore. At 5PM, we echnaged busses because our bus had to be repaired and got a bus with 3 rows with separate beds. We got to Hanoi 1.5 hours later. The roads were a bit bumpy in Laos, but got better in Vietnam. But the driver honked very frequently in Vietnam (apparently, that's normal in Vietnam). Overall, it was pretty good for such a long drive. Nothing to be scared of.