Hey all!! Northern Laos has been great, with plenty of opportunity for admiring the views on the various boats, buses, songthews and bikes we've taken on our way to the border with Vietnam! On the songthews we've learn about the brestfeeding techniques of tribal people (one for George), how to fit 20 chickens into a bag, what happens when someone spits out of the window and has a bad aim, and just how travel sick children can get! I used to think sticky rice ...

Hello! I survived the 2 day Mekong River Trip and am now in Luang Prabang, Laos. Lots of French influence here, so we've been enjoying baguettes and strong coffee for a while! Hopefully off on another river trip up North tomorrow to the land where electricity only comes on between 6-10pm. Thats if there are enough people who want to go there, otherwise it doesn't run. Good excuse to get the Petzel torches out again and look like real explorers though! Destinat...