We woke up this morning for a quick breakfast before heading for a boat to take us down the river. I dont know what i was expecting for this 2day trip but it wasnt what we got. We basically had a boat that if public usually has a couple of hundred passangers on it (not all sitting) to ourselves. We moved at a breezy speed, keeping us cool and we sat chatting, relaxing, reading, interacting with the boat family's children, eating a huge lunch and dozing for two ...

We were up this morning to head for Laos. We made several stops along the way so it just felt like a day trip.We stopped at an incredible white temple which looked like the Snow Queens castle. It had the usual story pictures painted on the inner walls but with a few added extras. Batman, superman, a transformer, Nero from The Matrix and Kung Fu Panda all on a futuristic space background. A bit different. We crossed the border on a little boat and stopped in a...