Important to know: I was told to go to Green Travel in Pakse for 7pm. When I arrived there, the place was shut and I was left on the curb in the dark, not knowing what was going on and unable to get in contact with Green Travel or 12Go Asia. However, a tuktuk driver will come and pick you up to take you to the bus station. This was not communicated to me, and I felt people should know that is going to happen so they don’t feel unsafe.
Not the fault of the company or driver, the road conditions are just insanely bumpy and when adding that to being squished next to a stranger not much sleep was achieved. It can’t be helped and is just a part of travelling.
パクセからビエンチャンへ, バス エアコン寝台車, Green Paradise, 2023/10/10
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Agnes M
ベッドは狭く、寒く、揺れが激しい。眠れない。
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Very narrow beds, cold and very bumpy ride. Impossible to sleep
パクセからビエンチャンへ, バス 寝台車, Kriangkai Transport (Kriangkai Transport), 2023/04/11
Be aware that it is a very, very bumpy ride! We barely slept. The bus itself is quite good. If you travel alone, be aware you share a small bed with a stranger. There are charging stations, but they didn't work, so make sure you have everything fully charged. The staff onboard doesn't speak English. Our bus was very empty, but we weren't allowed to sleep on another bed, so we had to stay together on the same bed. Also, the bus has a toilet onboard, so no stops. Make sure you've had dinner before getting onboard. You get a small bottle of water from the staff.
パクセからビエンチャンへ, バス 寝台車, Kriangkai Transport (Kriangkai Transport), 2023/03/20
The bus is modern and the beds are comfortable and clean. The thing is that you can not really enjoy all of this because the roads in Laos are pretty bumpy, the busdriver drives fast (we arrived 1 hout earlier) and the whole bus is moving left and right while shaking. I haven’t slept during the ride and would take a daytime bus the next time.
パクセからビエンチャンへ, バス 寝台車, Kriangkai Transport (Kriangkai Transport), 2023/03/11
Fahrt ging pünktlich los. Bus war sauber. Die Betten (ca. 1m x1,50 Meter ) sind jeweils für zwei Personen. Für Personen größer als 1,80 Meter wird es schon etwas eng, aber es geht. Decken und Kissen sind vorhanden. Es gibt keinen Vorhang der die Kabinen abtrennt, also dementsprechend auch wenig Privatsphäre.
Während der Fahrt wurde an unterschiedlichen Stellen gehalten, an denen Gäste ein oder ausgestiegen sind oder der Fahrer eine kurze Pause gemacht hat. Einen offiziellen Stopp gibt es nicht.
Vor der Fahrt gibt es noch Milch, einen kleinen Kuchen sowie eine kleine Flasche Wasser.
Grundsätzlich zu empfehlen.
パクセからビエンチャンへ, バス 寝台車, Kriangkai Transport (Kriangkai Transport), 2022/12/06
Bus relativement confortable enfin ça dépendra de votre taille parce qu’on m’a mis dans le box le plus petit alors que je suis plutôt grande. Heureusement le chauffeur nous a déplacé si coup j’ai pu me mettre de travers. Sur votre site il était noté qu’on devait arriver à 8h alors qu’on est arrivées à 8:50 du coup on a raté notre train
パクセからビエンチャンへ, バス 寝台車, Kriangkai Transport (Kriangkai Transport), 2022/11/21
PG
Pierre G
Terrible organization, poor communication, and endless delays!
To begin with, we had to find out ourselves whether the pick-up location had changed. There was a big festival in Pakse, which meant that buses couldn’t reach the original pick-up point. However, nobody bothered to inform us. After several attempts to contact the company, we finally received confirmation that the pick-up location had indeed changed. The new location was a 10-minute drive outside the city, and we were simply expected to arrange our own transportation there…
When we finally arrived at the bus, they tried to put us in different sleeping spots than the ones we had booked. All the double beds (which we had specifically booked and paid for) were supposedly occupied, so they expected us to sleep in the back with five other people. However, when more passengers arrived, we noticed that some double beds were actually still available, so we eventually decided to take one ourselves.
Once we finally departed, nobody informed us that the bus wouldn’t stop for toilet breaks or to buy food. Ironically, we did stop about 10 times because of mechanical problems with the bus!
Because of all these issues, we missed our connecting train, which we had deliberately booked three hours after the bus’s scheduled arrival to allow plenty of extra time. At one point, we even had to change buses because ours had completely broken down.
We eventually arrived in Vientiane at 12 PM instead of the scheduled 8 AM.
Since we had already sent an angry email during the journey explaining that we would miss our train, the company offered to let us take another bus to Vang Vieng free of charge. Sounds like a reasonable solution, right? Unfortunately, even that turned into another frustrating experience.
Communication with the company was extremely poor. They responded very slowly and often didn’t even answer our actual questions. Eventually, we managed to get on another bus, but unbelievably, that bus broke down as well, forcing us to change buses yet again!
After more than five hours of delays and five buses in total, we finally reached our destination.
Overall, an incredibly frustrating experience with terrible organization, unreliable buses, and extremely poor communication. I would definitely not recommend this company!
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