We spent two days at an elephant camp close to Luang Prabang, to see how the Lao Mahouts (elephant keepers) look after them. We were quite excited that the price included a night in the luxury elephant lodge, but unfortunately they messed up and we ended up in the standard room round the back, much more what we are used to! After a bit of moaning we were each given a large discount, which worked out much better for us! All of the elephants at the camp had been r...

We are currently in Luang Prabang, after a day on the bus, winding through the mountains. Fantastic scenery but a few people feeling ill especially when they turned the air con off when going up hill because the engine needed all the power it could get! Not really done much so far, wondered about the town and investigated the French bakeries! We climbed up about 300 steps last night to the top of a hill, to have a look at the temple there but mainly for the grea...