Vang Vieng didn't start off the way I wanted, as soon as we arrived I crawled into my bed and didn't leave the room for nearly two days, I will definitely not go into detail but I had one hell of a stomach bug. Couldn't keep any food down so just gave up eating after a few attempts. Liv played mum and forced paracetamol and hydration sachets down my throat while Kate was researching online on NHS direct and off course Sooz was there to lift my spirits with her sw...

I started my lone journey to Laos, I won't go through each detail of the journey but it was a long one. Started with a minibus, then a coach then a coach change then a boarder crossing then a minibus then a sleeper bus then a tuk tuk. 29 hours later I arrived in Vientiane. It didn't feel overly long but it was eventful. None of the buses have toilets so I had to wait until we stopped, one time when I had to change buses I needed a wee so bad, I threw my luggage o...

We started off our 9 hour journey to Luang Prabang, well I was told it was 9. Apparently that's just according to the travel agent that sold me the ticket. Everyone else got told 11 hours, which in the end was right. We pulled into the bus station and there was local buses everywhere, my heart sunk, I thought I was going to be making Sooz get on a local bus as her first Asian travel experience. Luckily there was a coach hidden in between them. Although it wasn't ...