Muang Ngoy 13th January We love this place. We thought we would stay one night as we have now booked a flight to Bangkok on Saturday the 16th so need to head back to Luang Prabang on Friday and it's safer if we are in Nong Khiaw tomorrow to arrange. However, it's so nice we can no way stay just one night! We are now staying two and will just prey we manage to catch the boat on Friday morning and get straight on a minivan Friday lunch. There are so many remote...

Nong Khiaw 11-13 Jan I am writing this in the mini van from Luang Prabang to Nong Khiaw, dying for a wee and on very bumpy roads. It's not a good state of affairs! How I miss Chui the big yellow truck where we could press the buzzer if we needed to go! We've passed two wedding parties, or what we presume are wedding parties. Gazebos set up with lots of tables, food and drink. What strikes me whenever I see them in Asia is that people attend wearing their ever...

Luang Prabang. 6-11th jan 8th Jan A two night stay has turned into five nights. Our guesthouse really does offer an amazing breakfast including endless coffee and finishing off with the cake. Why wouldn't we stay five nights! The room also has quirky design features incorporating Ock Pop Tok fabrics which incorporates traditional Lao designs but presented in a contemporary fashion. I'm a big fan! Although it's more expensive than we generally pay, it's nice to ...

We are most definitely staying somewhere much nicer. It's quite a walk out of town, crossing the rickety wooden pedestrian bridge, following the dirt track along the river and then turning right where a stream meets the main water body. It's all the better for it! Our guesthouse/bungalows are called Maylyn and are set amongst lush gardens, overlooking a tiny stream, fields at the back of us and the mountainous karst scenery beyond these. It's £10 a night and th...

What a day. We've come to realise that for every few great days, there will always be another day that throws problems at you and is draining. They are 'one of those days'. We caught our mini van from Vientiane, walking in the already blistering heat at 9am from our out of town accommodation. The shuttle bus wouldn't pick us up as we weren't in the city centre circle. The van actually passed right by the driveway of Villa Lao en route to Vang Vieng ....at 10.15a...