We are down in the bottom of Loas at the 4000 islands. There are 3 main islands which are the most developed and where most people stay, we have stayed one night on each so far and prefer the second Don Khon- so will spend a few more nights here. We walked from one island to another which was a little further and harder than expected: 5km on a dirt road in 35 degrees with our backpacks, wasn't easy but we made it. A few nights may be all we can stay as there are ...

Well getting here was harder than expected. We booked a 'sleeper' bus which should've taken 10 hours to get from Vientiane to Pakse (where we stayed one night before heading onward to here) However after just one hour travelling we hit something in the road resulting in the bus almost falling over and crashing and a big popped tyre. It took 3 hours to fix- as they didn't carry torches or many tools. Then we headed off again, not long after they decided the bus wo...