​LOCAL  BUS​

• Go to the morning market in Vientiane. This is a busy place with many sales people and different buses. 

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• Take the bus from the morning market to the North bus station. This costs 5000 KIP and takes 20-30 minutes. Pay for your ticket when you arrive at the bus station. 

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• The north bus station is easy to spot, it's an actual bus station! A big yellow building. Walk on the right side of the building, and you'll find the van to Aay's Village on the corner. This bus leaves usually when its full. Lao people are not worried about time as the rest of us, so be prepared to wait some time until all the seats in the van are bought. Pay for your ticket when you arrive in the village. This takes 2-3 hours depending on traffic and weather. First you drive through streets of simple shops, then over a mountain and then, we are off the main road and onto red dirt roads in the jungle, passing perky rivers and pineapple plantations. Suddenly, you'll see our sign in a conjunction, but don't be alarmed if the van takes you to the left instead of the right - it's just dropping people of that way as well. Soon you'll see our sign again, and in ten minutes or so, you will either see our project house, or one of us standing on the bus station with a sign for you.