We arrived in vang veing after a freezing cold journey and it was just as cold and rainy in vang veing. We couldn't get into the hostel we had found online but we found some new bungalows around the corner, so stayed there it was 130,000 kip and they gave us fRee breakfsst. It was so cold that we had to ask for an extra duvet each. We had a burger in the kangaroo sunset bar for tea, then went to the Irish bar, here we played ping pong and foosball. Joe lost a gam...

My first night bus to Luang Prabang! We arrived at the bus station to catch the 6.30pm overnight VIP bus to Luang Prabang. As it's an overnight bus, the seats are like bunks beds. We were allocated seats on the lower level - this ment we didn't have much of a window view. They provide you with a blanket,water and a sick bag! The bus took around 12/13 hours. It was a very bumpy journey and the bus broke down a few times! As we slept most of the way, the journey se...

The Gibbon Experience - woke up freezing in the hostel at 7.30am as we had to be ready for the briefing at the gibbon experience at 8am. We stopped off at the shop across the road for breakfast and snacks for the trip. In the GE office we was shown a short safety film and info about the project. We then jumped into trucks the departure point. After an hour or so in the truck we arrived in a small village, all of the laos children was waving to us and shouting 'hi...

Day 4 - Today we left the hostel in Bangkok to travel to BMK airport to catch out air Asia flight to Chang rai. We had breakfast in the coffee club. After our short flight to Chang Rai we caught a taxi to the bus station. We had about 3 hours to wait for the bus so we had some good food (pad Thai and Emily's crispy pork). We then sat outside a local shop on a wooden bench, I had a nap while Emily and Tess read. We left Chang rai about 4.30 for our bus journey. Th...