May 14, 2020 • 5M
Couchfish Day 33: Phongsali
The Couchfish podcast. Following a day by day itinerary through Southeast Asia—for all those people stranded on their couch.
Lao bus timetables are a bit like Indonesian boat timetables. The hour-age you see on the timetable board (if one exists) is an inexact science. The bus could break down. A landslide could block the road. You might hit a cow. There are no shortage of permutations—believe me.
I’ve written before about an unfortunate experience on the road to Phongsali, s…