Sorry I haven't added a blog entry for some time! Ive been pretrty ill this week with a bad chest and only now starting to feel human again!! Had a day in bed on Thursday which did help quite a bit! 12/11/08 Morning trip to Pac Ou Caves and Afternoon to the Kuangsi Waterfall The Pac Ou caves was one of the main attractions we all really wanted to see whilst staying here in Luang Prabang. We met the van at 8am, and were to leave at 8:30am. We met a couple w...

8/11/08 VangVien Activity Day We were ready to meet the minivan at 9:30am this morning. We were all quite nervous but excited about the day ahead. The minivan with kayaks already loaded stopped at several places around the village. The next to get on were a couple from the Netherlands who were very friendly to talk to. Then a couple from Swindon, followed by two friends from Perth and a couple from Sydney. Everyone was very chatty. The minivan then left the v...

4/11/08 Arrival to Vientiane, Laos On Monday (3/11/08) we took a bus leaving from Bangkok for Laos at 7:30pm. This journey was to take 10 hours to the Thai/Laos border and then a further 4 hours at the border and arrival at Laos' capital city, Vientiane. The bus wasn't too busy which was brilliant and meant we had plenty of space to be comfortable. It stopped several times at service stations bu seeing as it was through the night it meant we had very disturbed...