Lunchtime we flew from Luang Prabang to Hanoi. The flight was pretty swift and by the time we had been given and finished our snacks and drinks, we were preparing for landing! Once arriving in Hanoi, we hopped on a 'minibus', which turned out to be a standard seven seater and with all our rucksacks in the boot, this meant that me and Jessie were on top of each other at the back. After a very confusing effort to find a hotel, after routing for one in Nicola's bo...

Last day in Laos, we headed up the steps up the hill to check out another temple. Lots of buddhas and a couple dark caves too! There was a little cave which was meant to show the Buddha's foot print but I couldn't really see it myself. The view was pretty good, overlooking the whole of Luang Prabang and the Mekong, but the weather wasn't on our side and we quickly got hot and wet in the rain!

After brunch with the whole gang, Jessie and Sam went off to do their own thing and me, Nic, Isaac and Ben went off to find a tuktuk (or kipkip which I think is the name for the truck tuktuks) to take us to a waterfall, as since we arrived in Luang Prabang every tuktuk driver says... Waterfall?? So seemed like the thing to do. Half way into the journey, Ben had a scare with his travel card so we had to go back, he'd lost it so had to cancel it. From then on Be...

We arrived in Luang Prabang in the early hours of the morn, everyone was sleep deprived and crabby so we jumped into a "tuktuk" to the first hotel we picked from the lonely planet guide book (after the guy faffing around with other tourists for ages). When we got there, we found there was no air-con rooms available so we routed around for a while and found a beautiful hotel right in the centre for just £6 each a night. After we were all showered up we went do...

Last day in Huay Xai, we had lunch on the riverside and purchased more sandwiches whilst said our byes to Tom (the others weren't in) and he said don't forget us and see you in three years. Would be lovely to see them again to see if their hopes and dreams come true! The VIP bus to Luang Prabang, was not so VIP. It was actually the worst journey in my life, 18 hours of sweltering heat, rockiest bumps and possible land-slides; I wasn't sure whether we were goin...