After the 12 hour stint in Singapore, we flew to perth and we both felt ready to leave SE Asia as we had just about had enough of people trying to sell us everything under the sun 24 hrs a day. Arrived in Perth and Pete the bus driver greated us outside and took us to Northbridge, where most of the HostelS are based. After dropping our gear off at the Underground Hostel and making our beds we took a walk around town and then the hostel..... I thought i was in ...

The airport was lovely...12 hours we spent here....great stuff....

Boring - we left straight away...as did everyone else and now in Bangkok... Perth here we come....

The worst 6 hour mini bus ride i have ever taken saw us get dropped off about 5 km outside of the town of Vang Vieng. This is done so the little tuk tuk men can fleece you of a couple of thousand Kip so instead we put two fingers to them all and decided to walk...which infact was although a very hot a sweeaty experience a very nice experience as being sat on the death trap minibus on the moutain and pot holed roads of Northern Laos was enough sitting down for all...

After a 5 hour trip to the border with Laos which is on the Mekong we arrived to spend our last night in Thailand. The evening involved watching a film in a bar before an early night, as we had a long day ahead of us the next morning, which involved a speed boat, which we had been told by numerous people to not bother getting, as it is a little dangerous. Morning came and we crossed into Laos, we where then told to hand in passports so we could be identified if ...