Vientiane with the yanks... Vientiane was a really nice city to chill out in. It was certainly the quietest major city out of all the capitals we've been to in our travels. It was in Vientiane that we really noticed that they had not caught on to the obsessive and constant head thumping beeping of horns, thank god! You could comfortably walk on the pavements (most of the time), and everyday felt like a weekend. Hanoi should strongly take note and learn from Vien...

Beginning 2011 in style The capital of Laos. A place that most people described to us as 'boring'. So we were eager to accumulate our own opinion on this matter. Me and Daniel had decided Vientiane was going to be our stop off for New Years. We had previously booked 5 nights accomodation with help from Andy & Libby. So for 5 nights in Vientiane in a 4 star HOTEL, this was our treat for Christmas. 'Luxury' is the main word associated with this chapter of our ...

The Dangers of Vang Vieng Even with it's magnificent karst landscape remeniscent of a gigantic Halong Bay on land, its hidden lagoons, caves and river views like that of crouching tiger hidden dragon; Vang Viengs attention goes to the backpackers and holiday makers activity of choice... Tubing. This involves hiring out the inner tube of a tractor tyre, getting a tuk tuk up stream a few KM's and using your tyre to float down stream, stopping along several bars o...

Cooking School on Christmas Day :) Christmas had at last arrived in south-east Asia and the morning began with present exchanges. We had made several visits to the Luang Prabang night market and on two occassions had gone our separate ways to buy one another gifts. We lay in bed wearing our santa hats to emphasize the fact that xmas does come to Buddhist Laos. Fay received a small key ring like tribal doll, Lao green tea in small designed pouches, a pair of slip...

Landlocked Laos A new country to explore and one that we had heard lots about. Getting our visa was not a hassle and as we waved goodbye to our previous home country that had hosted us for a month, we embraced the beauty and simplicity of Laos. After departing with our visas we began our rickety bus journey through the windy clay made road, we realised two things... First how amazing the views were, lush green mountains with clouds teddy bear rolling off them, ...