Right, I am determined to catch up a bit and hopefully Ben will put some photos on when I'm done. We left Vang Vieng and headed in a VIP minibus to Luang Prabang. Though every form of transport you take is categorised as VIP, it doesn't mean much. The journey was only just over 200km, but took about 6/7 hours! The entire journey was spent on winding roads going up and then down mountains, only to then go up and down the next one. Reminded me of the opening credit...

Hey everyone, Lucy here. Firstly, sorry we have been somewhat behind in updating the blog, something I thought I could quickly do now, but I seem to have selected a computer with the worst keyboard ever! So, back to March 24th, when we left Vientiane and travelled about three/four hours by bus to the small town of Vang Vieng. It is a strange place, as it is surrounded by mountains and stunning countryside, yet the town itself is soo touristy, developed simply fo...

Right guys, this is a somewhat overdue blog entry and takes us right back to the 20th of March! We left Hue on an overnight bus to Vientiane which was a very interesting experience. The journey started with an initial seven hours on a comfortable sleeper bus but we could not sleep much as we knew that we were the only two people that had two get off at midnight. We left the bus at some random cafe where we had to wait one hour for another bus to arrive and what a...