Francisco, Thibault and I cross the border on a tourist bus with a bunch of other westerners being herded from one country to the next, not my style and we are overcharged for the pleasure but it does make everything very easy. We arrive in the small town of Kratie in the North East of Cambodia. We are met by a local hotel owner who convinces us to stay with him. I get a wonderful initial impression of this country and decide right away that I will want to stay l...

We get back to Pakse a day late to pick up our passports and visa extensions (woohoo, 10 more days in Laos!) and head straight down to Don Debt. Laos has involved a lot of long journeys and we are entirely ready to chill out. Transport turns out to be a tuk-tuk with 33 people crammed in! The woman in charge of money has to cling onto me to make sure she doesn't fall out the back and we meet a local drunk guy who won't stop talk to us. Normally I'd love this and t...

The village of Tat Lo is set up around three large falls and is growing as a touristic area, although when we arrived it was quiet and not yet over developed. As such, the people in the village are very friendly and open to tourists. Niki and I splurged a little on a bungalow literally on the doorstep of Tat Hung. On the first day we unsuccessfully try to find Tat Lo, gave up and instead go for a swim in our back garden waterfall. The next day I wake up early, fo...

After a memorable journey from Thaket to Pakse, being chased by the tuk-tuk driver and empty knife threats by the crazy guy with a gammy eye (all for 10,000kip), followed by our student dinner of one beer and a packet of crisps shared on top of the bridge, we are ready to have some fun! We rent motorbikes and set off on a small loop around the Bolaven Plateau. It's my first time riding a motorbike (for more than 20 seconds) and I love it! Driving is much better ...

We find a nice room in walking distance of the cave and soak up Kong Lo Village for the rest of the afternoon; it's really beautiful and peaceful. Kong Lo Cave is situated in Phu Hin Bun National Protected Area and consists of a 7.5 Km long tunnel running underneath a limestone mountain. We are taken through the cave on a long boat. I think there may be some sort of program to employ disabled people as I notice many of the boatmen have some form of minor disabili...