We woke up at quarter to seven in the morning, showered up and rushed off to the shop to collect our sandwiches as well as buying some snacks and drinks. I grabbed some crackers and King Gong wouldn't let me pay for them! Bless her. We got picked up by a pickup truck and made our way to the jungle. Jessie told us that Laos one of twentieth poorest countries in the world which came as no surprise as I saw lots of kids with holes in their clothes and working fro...

Today we got a bus from Chiang Mai to near the border of Huay Xai, Laos. The bus took over five hours, gotta say it was the most travel sick I've ever felt bus wise. Driving through the mountains winding left and right, my stomach was swaying back and forth. After lying on Nicola I felt a little better and then after stopping for lunch and continuing with journey, singing to myself was the only thing that kept me going; the power of music. We stopped off at a wh...