We were really sad to say goodbye to 'nine' at Green Tulip House in Chiang Mai but was looking forward to our slow boat ride into Laos. We got picked up around midday and spend 6 hours chlling on a mini van chatting to some fellow slow boaters and reading on our way to the border town of Chiang Khong in Thailand. As part of our deal we got one nights free accomodation which was nice and we were both really excited about having a real hot shower as we`d previously...