Chilling island style! Bleary eyed and incredibly sweaty, I arrived at the four thousand Islands at around 6:30am. Sadly as always in Laos, the bus ends is never drops you off where you want to be. So hopefully for the last time I boarded the customary tuk tuk and gave away more KIP. After tuk tuk was a boat and.... Finally I was on don det, the apparently more party island out of them all. I quickly found a fairly decent bungalow on the sunset side. However I c...

Konglor cave and the mission to the 4000islands I would be lying if I said vang vieng didn't leave me feeling a little worse for wear but no fear as I was on the move again. Next stop on the Laos itinerary was the konglor cave in Central Laos. A lot of travellers tend to miss this section of the country out but i strongly recommend you don't! It's amazing!!! Rural, stunning scenery and of course crazy caves! That said it is a little bit tricker to get to. Fro...

The home of the tube! Next stop on the Laos trail was the infamous vang vieng. Although a lot quieter than in the past, this odd little town still does a good party. Arriving on the Friday we were told it was jungle party night. Gonna be honest, more party than jungle. It was actually in the back of someone's guesthouse. Not really worth 40,000kip but i had a good night. Next day was the big day. Tubing! Really simple, you hire your big tyres from anyone in to...

Luang Prabang The city of mouth watering pastries and beautiful temples. I have finally arrived after three very long and eventful days. Thankfully my hostel was easy to find and as my two American friends had promised, the showers were amazing! LPQ backpackers does really clean dorm rooms with a cooked breakfast all for less than £4 a night! Plus it is really social. I saw lots if familiar faces as soon as I walked through the door! My two days in the city w...

The mission from Pai to Luang Prabang! For anyone reading this and wondering what is the best option to cross the border and get to Luang Prabang don't do what I did and take the bus. Take the slow boat!!! But for all your amusement I will tell you my ordeal that was the mission to Luang Prabang! Step one was leaving Pai to get to Chiang kong on the Thai border. It was going to be a long bus ride however I hadn't bargained on being squashed up against the windo...