Reasons I Love Kit. I would like to take a minute (just sit right there...) to tell you a little bit about out FANTASTIC tour leader in Laos. His name was Kit and he was an absolute legend. Its quite difficult to explain why we loved Kit so much, Im not entirely sure it was his profesionalism, or his reassuring local knowledge (a couple of the girls got a horrible taxi driver one night who locked them in the car..Kit's responce was a general shrug and 'it happ...

The best boat trip ever and a very dull Huay Xai The day following our truely amazing bus ride we were due for another LONG day of travelling, which was, as I'm sure you can imagine, just what we were all dreaming of. We left Pak Beng early in the morning and boarded a boat which was to be our home for the next 10 hours. But this wasnt just any boat! oh no..this was a boat of huge proportions which you could actually stand up on...and....gasp!....walk around on....