Last night in Luang Prabang - I think the staff at my guesthouse are sick of the sight of me! LP has been wonderful, very relaxing - lots of Lao Beers and have even had a Lao massage which was just bliss. The Night market is great, lots of dinky things that you didn't really need to be purchased for next to nothing. The girls made it here by boat late yesterday from the Gibbon Experience further north so we are off early tomorrow by 'VIP' bus to Vientiane via...

Hello from Luang Prabang, Laos where I'm typing this at an internet cafe with a monk sitting at the computer next to me - how very modern! Got here this morning on a 8.45am flight from Hanoi which meant a 5.30am wake up call and another delightful drive back to the airport - not so harrowing this time as it was light and I guess I knew what to expect. Still, we must have passed about a million scooter/motorbikes with huge loads of everything from flowers, wood,...