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Alright people how's things? I done a fair bit of stuff over the past week, been to a small village that hasn't been touched since the war and you can see a small building that is just about still standing but is peppered in bullet holes and bomb fragments. There were two palm trees that I put a pic up on here which had the tops blown off by a bomb but the actual trees itself survived the blast and is just covered in holes. The walls surrounding the building had bullet holes either side of the wall because there was a gun battle going on from the building to the woods around. They say there were more bombs dropped in Lao than the intire World War Two altogether, even though Laos wasn't involved in the war between Vietnam and the U.S, because the planes didn't have enough fuel to make it back to their base with the ammo attached they would just drop it off in Laos. We went to a tiny shack for lunch where they had a missile shell in the door way, the Lao people joked and said it was a present from Nixon! I been on dondet island for the past 4 days which is part of 4000 small Islands. I had a tiny wooden bungalow on the water which had its own balcony and hammock. It's so laid back here it's unreal, there's no police on the island and bob Marley would have been in his element here if ya catch me drift. If you want a normal chocolate ice cream you have to make it clear you want a "NORMAL" choclate ice cream haha it's funny stuff! I woke up one mornin and ordered a coke and tuna baguette, the geezer took me order and brought me can of coke back after 5 mins, then after bout 30 mins I went up to the bar to chase me tuna sarny up and the same geezer who took me order said na we ran out of tuna! The bumbaclut would have had me sat there like a plum all day waitin for me brekky if I dint go up! We done a home stay one night and it was an experience to say the least. We had a mattress on the floor no thicker than a Manzils pompadom I swear it was the most uncomfortable thing I've ever laid on. To make it worse the place had no doors on the hinges and I reckon they got mugged of by pilkingtons as they were just an open square with the wooden frames. There were bugs spiders gekkos mozzies cats the lot it was the hardest bit of me journey so far without a doubt. I set me mozzie net up for the first time and dint sleep much I was on spider and scorpion watch and these malaria tablets have big side affects like feelin queasy and hallucinating so it was a ruff night. One bird I was with back in vang vieng woke me up screaming to tell me she seen a big spider and it was pitch black so I thort crap either she hallucinating on her tabs or there's a spider there so I grabbed me phone and turned the light on to find out it was one of her fake eyelashes that had fallen off haha we laughed for a bit then I said don't crap me up like that again cus I ain't gettin rid no big ass spiders ha. We went into the jungle one night to feed the monkeys I can't remember what the geezer said they were but they were friendly as ya like they were so human and would take the banana out of your hand it was cool. We done a full day kayak tour today to see some dolphins and have a beach barby. It was exhausting my arms are done in and micks a bit red faced. We had our barby then got back on the water and after bout ten mins paddlin smooth water we went through some dodgy rapids and rock falls and two kayaks overturned and chucked a load of Dutch girls out, they were screaming and flapping, I was doubled up in my kayak with some bird from New Zealand and we were just hangin onto a big reed pokin out the water bout 20 ft further down the river watchin and laffin, laffin is better than helping! Then we made our way to an area where the dolphins hang out which took bout another 40 mins paddlin. When we get there the matey stood on his kayak and shouted there it is!! So we look and see nothing, then he points the opposite direction and shouts there it is! Well this happened about 5 times before I thort this blokes yankin our chain, then I see a fin and a blow hole give a little puff and that was it ha, so officially there was a dolphin but I was hopin to see them do some wheelies or jump over our kayaks or something but was still a decent fun day. When we was walkin back I see this butterfly hovering around about a metre of the ground then as I get closer I see a little kid sat under a tree and he has a peice of cotton and it's attached to the butterfly haha it was his pet. I woke up yesterday morning to find myself covered in ants, all over my body, bed and pillow! I got a video for proof there was about 79 ants I reckon! Done me sidewards army roll out of bed nearly rippin me mozzie net off the bamboo bed post and shook meself off jumpin and brushin the little blighters of like a helmet, I ripped me boxers off as I realy did have ants in my pants! Not the best wake up I've had! I was on the beach yesterday havin a beer when this huge buffalo came down onto the beach and walked right up to me, he was jungle massive and had sharp horns so I was a bit like Woah man ready to jump up and scatter then he just sat down and parked a few metres next to me and chilled bless him. I'm up early and heading to Phnom Penh in the morning which is a 12-13 hour trip so will be a bit of a bake but I got me tunes and I'll have a few tinnies for good measure. Is the great British summer givin it large yet? Give ya a shout when I'm in Cambodia people, much love guitar hero
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craigo33 Alright Nan, yeah had some good experiences and will have a fair few story's to tell when I'm back! see you soon take care Craig x R.E NAN Hi love just read your latest blog we look forward them you are certainly seeing the other side of life love you . Xx