Bus Vietnam i Sapa
Aia ʻoe i Sapa a makemake ʻoe e hele i Loas hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopaʻa i kahi tikiki ma nā hale kūʻai like ʻole. Hoʻopaʻa mākou i kā mākou ma ka hōkele ʻo Hao Lan. (kapa ʻia ʻo Diamond Hotel / barbershop, hairsalon) Hiki iā lākou ke hāʻawi iā ʻoe i kahi busticket ma waena o $22. Ua mākaʻikaʻi mākou i nā wahi ʻē aʻe a nīnau a puni akā ʻo kēia ke kaʻa kaʻa haʻahaʻa loa hiki iā mākou ke hele i Loas mai Sapa.
Hoʻokahi kaʻa kaʻa ma ke ala i Laos a hele kēlā i ka hola 18.00. Ua hōʻea ko mākou "liʻiliʻi" ma hope o 18.45. No laila hiki iā mākou ke komo ma hope iki. Hoʻopaʻa mākou i kā mākou tiketi i Muang Khua. Makemake mākou e holo ka waʻa ma ka muliwai i ka hema. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hele pū me ke kaʻa i Luang Namta a Luang Prabang. Ua piha ka kaʻa! Manaʻo wau no 25 mau noho moe ma laila ma kahi o 50 mau kānaka ma ke kaʻa. ʻO ka poʻe ma kahi o ke kaʻa. Ma ka papahele, ma hope o nā noho hope i loko o ka lumi ukana, ma nā wahi āpau. Pono ka ukana ma luna o ke kaʻa. Me ka noe ua hauʻoli wau i ka loaʻa ʻana o koʻu ʻaʻahu ua no kaʻu ʻeke ʻeke. (ua kau nā mea hoʻokele i kekahi pepa ʻilika ma luna o nā ukana) Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ke kaʻa e nā mākaʻi i ka manawa i uku ai ka mea hoʻonohonoho i ke kālā a hiki iā mākou ke hele i mua.
Ma mua o ko mākou hele ʻana i ka palena, ua māhele mākou i nā kaʻa kaʻa liʻiliʻi. Ua piha hou kā mākou. Aia hou ka ukana ma luna akā ua maikaʻi ke ʻano! ua maʻalahi ka palena palena mai Vietnam a i Loas. Ua uku wale ʻoe. ʻO ka mua no ka sticker $37. (ʻokoʻa i kēlā me kēia ʻāina) ma hope o ka puka aniani ʻelua ($2) no ka uku mākaʻikaʻi. ʻEkolu pukaaniani $3 no ka peʻa e komo ai. ʻO ka huina noʻu ma ke ʻano he kanaka Dutch, ʻo ka visa no nā lā 30 he $42 US.
Ma hope o 17.hours ua hōʻea mākou i Muang Khua. Ua hālāwai mākou me kekahi mau kāne mai Sepania a haʻi mai iā mākou e pili ana i nā koho waʻa i ka hema mai Muang Khua. He maikaʻi ke kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi ʻo Muang Khua ponoʻī. Mākeke liʻiliʻi nā hale ʻaina liʻiliʻi a me kahi alahaka maikaʻi ma luna o ka muliwai!
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