We booked the bus to take us to Savanaket where we would stay for two nights before flying out back to Bangkok where we head down to Ko Samui. We were pleasently surprised by the bus very posh (well the seats went all the back and we had leg rests aswell) compared to what we had been used to, so this made the journey extremely comfatable. We arrived in Savanaket at 4.30am the only time the buses are on time is when you dont want them to be but never mind. I had...

So we arrived in Vientiane (think that how you spell it) this is the capital of Laos so we expect it to be a busy bustling town just from the other capitals we had vistied we could not have been more wrong the town was dead not a soul in sight it was raining and had been all day so maybe this had something to do with it. We walked around a bit to try and find somwhere to stay and stumbled upon a guesthouse which was a little more expensive than we had been payin...

Hi everyone hope all is well at home hi to all. We left Luang Prabang on a bus (yes another bus) and drove through the mountains for maybe 6 - 7 hours it was the most amazing drive I think we have been on yet, we passed no one for miles but had to stop in the middle of the mountains when the mini bus started smoking and we stopped in a little village all the kids come running to have a look at us all its unreal how they live they have nothing not even doors on t...

Hello everyone we are now in Luang Prabang in Laos sorry not been able get in touch but there has been no internet until today. Will try and upload some photographs tomorrow aswell these computers wont let me. Hope you are all well here there is a lot of swine flu going around so hope you are all well. We had booked the three day journey to take us from Chang Mai to Laos we did not have many options really either fly which was expensive or the two day bus / sp...