Our bus to Chiang Mai was just as horrible as to be expected. Our VIP bus turned out to be a public bus which we spent our first 16 hours on. They like to get there monies worth with these buses, so once we had all boarded they lined the aisle with plastic chairs to fit an extra row in. It was certainly an interesting night, especially as Tom had a man throwing up into a sick bag over his shoulder for 7 hours. So we made it to the border crossing a little late ...