Last night with the intrepid group so are treat was a visit to the Water puppet show! It was deffinately a skill but not necesarily entertainment especially when it is an hour long. It is worth a look but a planned escape route is a deffinate. Had a meal at Kotos where Caroline unvelied her bruise (see pictures) it took over her whole leg so she became the freak show for the night while we all took photos for our own amusement. This was not an accident as you mig...

Left Laos after two long bus journeys arrived in Hanoi Vietnam not really any problems at border althrough you do have to pay a dollar to get your passport back in Vietnam. Our Guide Tom painted a wonderful picture of the Vietnamese saying that at the border they spit, push, smoke and are tricksom this was probally quite a true portrait on our first impression. The problems began in Vietnam with a flood that had destroyed a bridge this meant a two hour wait then ...