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alex's most Excellent adventures!
After a week of thai new years celebrations and the infamous water festival in chaing mai, woodsy and i were in search of a more relaxing land. This would come in the country of laos!
After getting a 7 hour bus from chaing mai we arrived at the border crossing of thailand and laos called chiang kong! After an over night stay here we set off on a two day boat trip on a slow boat down the river mekong! On board we met lots of other travellers with similar (same same but different) ideas on the paths they would be taking through asia!
The boat journey itself was eventful to say the least. We broke down once, got swept away in a brief storm and the fact we sat in the same cramped condition for 7 hours was back breaking. However it was all good fun and the scenery was spectacular in places!
Arrived in Luang Prabang, yesterday and have teamed up with a couple we met on the boat (mark and christa)! Luang Prabang is the second biggest city in laos but it is still only a small town in comparison to other cities in asia!
Have emailed my old RE teacher who now lives in Laos and he has offered us a place to stay in vientiane (capital of Laos). So over the next week we shall work our way down there and hopefully stay with him for a couple of nights before heading for vietnam!
hope your all well, keep keeping me updated with all the emails and msgs, there much appreaciated!
spk again soon
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