Today we got a sleep in, hurrah! We headed down to breakfast and as Paap was still sick she headed back to the room and I went walking with John, Lisa and Sabrina. We headed up to victory gate, an arc de triumph style arch at one end of a wide tree lined boulevard. This monument was never finished but it looked nice all the same. I then dropped into the markets to pick up a pair of sunnies after drunkenly leaving mine in Vang Vieng. After scoring a pair of "Gug...

We have arrived in Vientiane after our long yet interesting bus journey! Our hotel in clean and simple, a welcome relief since the last hell hole! Paap is not feeling well, so she stays in whilst we head around the city for a bit of a look see. Vientiane is a lovely city set on the banks of the Mekong. We headed through the city down to the river. You can see Thailand over the other side of the river, which is quite low this time of year. The locals are out and ...

The morning after the night before.... Last nights sleep wasn't the best! So feeling just a little bit dusty after yesterday's events! And today we leave at 7am to catch a 4hr public bus ride from Vang Vieng to Vientiane. I really need a coke but can only get Pepsi, so not the same and it doesn't hit the spot. Really don't understand why anyone would drink Pepsi over coke. I digress.... We hop on the public bus which is really old, worn, no air con and general...

After an interesting night with some Lao vagrants staying in a makeshift shack next to our room and a wafting toilet smell throughout the night we headed into town around 9am for breakie. After this we had a little walk around town then back to the balcony of the hotel to chill before tubing this arvo. When we get back the water is off for some mysterious reason! Hey, it's lao, this stuff happens. Tubing today is the main reason we picked this trip and although...

After an interesting night with some Lao vagrants staying in a makeshift shack next to our room and a wafting toilet smell thought the night we headed into town around 9am for breakie. After this we had a little walk around town then back to the balcony of the hotel to chill before tubing this arvo. When we get back the water is off for some mysterious reason! Hey, it's lao, this stuff happens. Tubing today is the main reason we picked this trip and although it...