Bus Trip

The View From up High

I was not looking forward to the 5 hour trip on the sleeper bus from Mui Ne to Ho Chi Minh City.  But when it picked us up from our hotel and we were asked to remove our shoes as we boarded, we were all pleasantly surprised.  For just 10 dollars each (except Bella who was free, but had her own seat anyway) we each had a seat that reclined to almost horizontal.  And no one had to have her personal space invaded as the seats were 3 across and 2 high, with an aisle beside each seat.  As John said,getting into the lower seats was a bit like squeezing into a sports car and the climb and recline up top made me think of astronauts strapping into the space shuttle.  I started in the front, centre, bottom seat where I could see out the front easily, but gave up my seat for a woman with one leg, who boarded later.  I moved upstairs between Bella and Rob just in time for the screen in front of me to play, over and over, the best Southeast Asia boy band videos.  Score!  Down below John, on the front, bottom, left had a great view outside and of the constantly yawning, overworked driver.  Luckily they send along a steward who doesn't seem to do much, but maybe his job is just to chat up the driver and keep us on the road.