Up north. Accessible only by boat we visited the local villages where there is no electricity and no phones, just plenty of chickens and other farm animals. It was great. We stayed up here for five days. During which we went on a two day trek further into the hill country. This was a challenging walk given the high temperatures and humidity, walking through rivers and jungle, and up seemingly verticle hills. Fortunately we had a great group to travel with f...

We arrived right at the start of the Laos New Year. They have an unusual way of celebrating this festive occassion. Custom dictates that they have massive water fights for a three day period instead of raising the more traditional glass of champagne. So we got wet, very very wet. Everytime we went out. Taking the approach, if you can't beat them, join them, we armed ourselves with water pistols and helped man the guesthouse hose. This lead to a very fun thr...