An early rise for a long day and a border crossing which turned out to be a breeze. My records show that it took under 45 miutes to cross this border thanks to the efforts of agents on both sides of the border. Laos was a breeze while Vietnam customs wanted to search our luggage. Once they saw it was mostly clothing and such like they soon lost interest but it was the nuisance factor which they seemed to enjoy.The one exception was Kees and Minke who did not get into Vietnam until 2pm because of the Thai plates on their car which is also right hand drive which the Vietnamese don't like. Disaster then struck for them 20kms down the road when they got two punctures in quick succession, rendering both tyres unusable.They holed up in a local hotel for a couple of days while new tyres were brought form Vinh and a disreputable tyre dealer kept upping the price. Once they had been fitted they decided to return to Laos and then back to their home near Bankok in Thailand.
The rest of us stayed at at the Van Chai resort near Than Hoa which had great staff but rat droppings in one room put us off the food somewhat.
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