Our first land border crossing since Africa! We've not exactly been frugal with the cash and have flown our way around Asia! This border crossing isn't even in Lonely Planet, we only know about it from someone else who did it and she told us she had a nice van with a lovely driver who dropped them at their chosen hotel. It didn't quite work out like that for us. We caught a mini van from Kanchanaburi to Phunamron at the border. Us two, seventeen locals and all ...

17th January We flew Bangkok Airways on a twin propeller plane-a little scary and not as resistant to turbulence as larger planes. I took advantage of the fact they offer red wine with the meal and then come round and ask if you would like a top up!! You don't get that very often nowadays on a short haul flight. The food was rather nice too, although I'm having trouble looking at any of it fondly now as as soon as we started heading out for dinner when in Bangko...

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 ...