Day 2 - a nice breakfast at the Lotus Villa in the courtyard before heading off to the airport on our first tuk tuk ride! I had thought it but I now know that there are no rules to the road in Laos!

Another propellor plane ride later and we arrived in Pakse. We dumped our bags before heading out into 'town' with it's large market and many street food and drink sellers. After a stroll along the Mekong we headed back to the hotel to enjoy a drink at the rooftop bar and its amazing views across Pakse.

We returned to the rooftop bar / restaurant for dinner with spring rolls for starter, pad Thai and pak phet for main, all washed down with, yep, beer lao! Still feeling a bit whacked from all the flights we seem to have taken lately so an early night before getting up early for breakfast and to catch the bus to Tadlo. We've heard a lot about these so called buses so watch this space!