When we decided to leave Cambodia, the gentleman we bought a ticket from in Siem Reap said it would only take 24 hours on a bus to get to Vientiane, Lao. (Laos if your from the western world) The distance we traveled was about 1000km by minivan, VIP bus, and tuk tuk. In the end it took nearly 55 hours to get to our destination. In between Siem Reap and Lao we had a very unpleasant ride with 19 other tourists (and our luggage) plus the drivers family crammed into an old Mercedes 12 seater van. It was horribly awesome.

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