Having spent 4 hours on a bumpy winding bus we eventually arrived in Vang Vieng in northern Laos, the place is very beautiful set in a valley of huge limestone crags and is famous for the tubing down the river in a tractor tyre inner tube. We spent our first night getting to know the place and then spent a day tubing. The river is dotted with bars along the way, each offering free whiskey, drinks by the bucket and a zip wire or swing back into the river. Althou...

We arrived in Vientiane after getting another overnight bus up from Pakse, which ended up being a nearly 9 hour marathon of 90's soft rock which should have stayed in the 90's! There isn't a lot to see here but the atmosphere is relaxed and there are plenty of amazing restaurants which we're making the most of. Ben has even eaten chicken tails on a stick - but that was by accident, he also didn't feel brave enough for the other delights on offer including a stic...

Hello from Laos!! We have safely arrived in Laos from Cambodia. Got a short plane journey over the border and a long pick up truck to our first destination - Si Phan Don, generally known as 4000 islands. The place is very remote and we have been staying in a wood hut for the past few days, which has been great, the hut even comes with a hammock which Gwenno has been taking full advantage of. Haven't really done much here but relax and go on bike rides on our lo...

So here we are in siem reap close to Angkor wat, the mean reason we came to Cambodia and maybe the most recognisable sight of south Asia. Not a great start to our trip as our hotel forgot to pick us up from the port - then finding our bed was broken and we had no water in the room!! I guess things come in three's! Once we got over this hiccup we decided to rent bikes to visit the hundreds of temples. This was great if a little exhausting in the sun, the place i...

Having loved sleepy kampot we got yet another bus to a small town / city called Battambang - a place famous for a mystical god stirring some rice with a mucky stick which turned the rice black and in turn his skin black also - bit of a weak reason to visit the place; the main draw is in fact a rickety old railway which has bamboo carts propelled by motorbike engines - such good fun and just like Alton towers!! From here we caught a scenic river boat to siem reap ...