The ten hour sleeper bus from Luang Prabang to Vientiane to meet Jordan was interesting to say the least. Squished in a top bunk, no space to turn, positioned next to the toilet - I knew this was going to be a long ride; but at least it was the nicest sleeper bus I've been on so far (the blue lights on the aisles probably helped). We set off, however round every bend, which was every minute because of how windy the roads were, my body either shifted into the wind...

With the guesthouse sorted; a hugggggggeee room between the three of us (in fact it's been the biggest room I've had since I started my travels), it was time to explore Luang Prabang. We took a 4 hour bike ride seeing Wats, the stunning views and the town itself. We crossed funky wooden bridges, waved to local kids who said their hellos and ended up with severe sunburn to show for it. With enough exercise for one day we thought it was time to hit the food stalls....

It had already gone 10.45am and I was meant to get picked up at 10, I should have remembered I was back to the 'Asia time scale'. It finally arrived and as I loaded my bag onto the mini bus I gulped - I was at the front next to the driver on a fold out type of seat without a seatbelt and on a higher level than anyone else. Great. I did luckily have a lovely girl next to me but a very numb bum for the 5 hours of the journey; seeing a sign 'cabbages and condoms' di...