Hello blog-readers... ... and sorry for the big silence. Mike and I have no excuse other than the fact that we've been having fun, drinking, erm, drinking some more - and we've clearly had too much sun (despite what the above picture would suggest. Yes, after 6 weeks in Asia, I really am that white. It's tragic). Well, sice Mike last updated the blog, we've been kicking around Vang Vieng, and are now in Vientiane, the capital city of Laos. First up, Vang Vi...

Curse the 30 day visa in Thailand! We were forced to bail our beloved Pai earlier than we wished, due to the slight oversight of our visa's. Wasn't till a leisurely chat over a couple of cold Changs one evening that we realised we were in fact verging on becoming illegal immigrants, our 30 days coming to an end, and the horrible prospect of leaving Pai imminently and bailing for the border..before the authorities nabbed us (not that extreme, but wasn't up for a h...