Luang Prabang is a beautiful city, the city is a Unesco Heritage site which has meant the place is wonderfully persevered and a ban on busses and trucks in the city is defiantly a blessing. The city has a clear colonial influence and you could easily be walking around Europe as you wander the streets busy with all the bicycles and mopeds. This is my last bit of travel with Steve, we have a few days here together before he flies back to Australia. We do some exp...

So heading further north in Laos, me and Steve head to Vang Vieng, while Sarah flies of to Vietnam. Vang Vieng is a sort of cosy small place, we take the bus here and arrive in the late afternoon. There is not a lot to do here it seems, especially if you aren't taking day trips out away from the centre. On the first night we find one of the Korean restaurants, where you get the raw food and cook at you table. Unlike using a hot rock which I have done in England...

It is time for another country already, I have crossed the boarder into Laos and to the capital city of Vientiane. I have travelled to the city to meet up with Steve and Sarah to celebrate new years together. Me and Sarah arrive on the 30th and spend most of the afternoon catching up on our recent adventures and then spend the next day exploring the city by foot. By the evening Steve has flown in from Cambodia and we all head out to start the evening. And then...