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Hi everyone!
I am now in Laos having a great time, I met up with Matt, Deb and Ben in Bangkok on the 11th September and we spent a few days there munching on street food and visiting temples before heading up north to Chiang Mai where we spent most of our time in the excellent markets. We were supposed to spend a couple of days in Chiang Mai but due to an unpleasant couple of days throwing up we ended up staying nearly a week before catching the dodgiest flight into Laos, I am still thankful to be alive!
We flew into Luang Prabang which is a beautiful place, actually the second biggest city in the whole of Laos but it is more of a village. It is hugely influenced from when the french were there and so the food and architecture are really great. A very sleepy little town, we hired bicylcles straight out of the 50's and explored the area, we headed out to some beautiful waterfalls where we swam and relaxed.
On Friday we took a very bumpy but spectacularly scenic 12 hour bus ride down to Vietiene, the capital city and while we have been here we have seen a few more temples and eaten a lot of cake. Last night I had the best massage of my life across the road from the hotel, some of which was very painful but very effective!!!
Today we are taking it easy as it is just too hot to do anything, tomorrow we are going Kayaking down the Mekong River and then probably heading further south the day after to see a bit more of the countryside!!!
I will try and get some more pictures on the web soon and let you know!!!
Miss you all but it won't be long now until I see a lot of you, ahhh, it is coming round very fast.
Chat more soon
Love Mariexxx
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