We got a coach to luang prabang in central laos, it took 8 hours up and down mountains. we found a really cheap guesthouse called nittaya which was only 40,000 kip a night ( about 2 pound)We went out for dinner by the mekong and watched the fantastic sunset We went on to the main steet which was full of bars and hippy shops, and found a bar which played funky house.we got a tuk tuk to a park which had a beautiful high waterfall and lots of small ones coming off i...

we got a bus from vientiane to vang vieng which took about 4 hours going about 20 mph through mountains and booked into tavistouk bungalows on the river which a mountain range in the background.There was a big thunder storm that afternoon which was really really loud rolling through the hills, so we stayed at the bar all day. We looked at the menu and on the very first page was the " special menu " bearing in mind families were staying here Simon said ...

We arrived in vientiane the lao capital, tired and miserable after 14 hours on a bus what an awful journey. We had got some sleeping tablets from a chemist in bangkok as Emma was unwell and we thought they would ease the journey....well they turned out to be tranquilisers so you mind raced but you could not move. The bus was freezing and the rain leaked on Emma's head but she could not move out of the wayso just had to suffer it. We spoke to a lady who had b...

we flew from chiang mai to surathani and then got a bus to the port and a boat over to samui we decided to stay in chawang on the north east of tghe island it was full moion party night so we got a boat over to koh panyang, the beach was full of dj's playing different styles of music and it was packed, mess heads colapsing everywhere. We sat on the beach drinking till about 5 and thought we would get a boat back, but so did thousands of other people, every boat ...

we arrived in chiang mai shatterd what a s***ty journey it took over 12 hours and the bus was freezing, we spent the day looking round chiang mai and in the evening we went to what we thought was the night market in the pouring rain got lost so took a tuk tuk home the next morning we started our three day hill trek starting at the lisu hilltribe village it was hard work and it was pouring with rain which made it very slippy and we were all covered in mu...