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VietLao Express

            There is a Vietnam - Laos border 80 km northwest of Kon Tum, which is called Bờ Y. This photo was taken just after crossing the Bờ Y border into Laos.

The bus painted like the Vietnamese flag was a direct service from Pleiku (Gia Lai), 48 km south of Kon Tum, to Pakse in the Champasak province of Laos. It took 10 hours to travel 358 km from Kon Tum to Pakse.

The road was OK and the bus was good, but the problem was that the bus did not use a bus terminal in Kon Tum. I was informed to go to a rotary on QL 14 near the city centre where I waited for almost an hour watching all the number plates of the busses passing by.
For tourists, taking a long distance buss is not easy in Vietnam except for Futa Bus that dispatches a vehicle to your hotel to pick you up. After travelling in areas that are not covered by Futa Bus, I realised how valuable that service was.

Taken in: Vietnam / Kon Tum / Xã Pở Y (show map)

Taken on: February 17, 2024

Tags:

Champasak

Laos

road

landscape « less

Sets appears in: • Trip to Vietnam, Laos & Cambodia 2024

Groups appears in: • ROAD of the WORLD • Transport Galore

Camera: RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. RICOH GR IIIx, f/2.8, 1/2000 sec, 26mm (=40mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD. RICOH GR IIIx
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/2000)
Focal Length:	26mm (35mm equivalent: 40mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-0.3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Lightroom 7.2 (Macintosh)
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