So we managed to get our visa sorted so opted to book a bus too vientiene, this bus only took three hours but because the roads were that bad it was pretty bumpy and didn't get much sleep. We had not been told too much good things about Vientiene, pretty much that there was nothig to do there and that as capital cities go it is probably the worse. It was fair to say our expectations were low but we needed to have two nights here before we could enter Vietnam. Ou...

So after a bumpy and windy 6 hour bus journey we finally arrived in Vang Vien, we found a cheap hostel and decided to go and explore as we did not know too much about the place. The place was essentially the backpackers capital of the world. Everything was aimed at backpackers and if the town lost this there would be nothing there apart from some pretty impressive views, like the one shown in the photo atatched. We had decided to stay here in Vang Vieng for three...

Good Morning All, We are currently in Vientiene killing time before we get a 24 hour bus to Hanoi in Vietnam, so I thought this would be a good opportunity to tell you about our time in Laos. So after a 2 day slow boat we eventually reached our destination in Luang Prabang, a name I still forget and miss pronounce and call anything apart from it's correct name. Our first job was to find our hostel, which we had previously booked in Chaing Khong. Haloas Backpack...

So the next day we headed down to the dock early on the back of a pick up truck, about 10 of us all with massive ruck sacks, and Earl with his suitcase, it was quite a 15 minute drive. We crossed the border and got our visa sorted and then go took by tuk tuk to the slow boat dock, this is where we met a dutch guy called Nick who was also on our bus to Chaing Khong and two German girls called Isa and Helena. We spent the next six hours on a boat travelling to Pa...