We arrived in Vientiane last saturday and my first impression was that i was not going to like the the Capital of Lao. It was a big City and I have found recently that i have more enjoyed the small towns and villages much more then the big Cities. We found relatively cheap accomo after searching for about an hour, although when we stayed there we realised why it was so cheap. Having a shower with half the spider population in Lao was not a good experience. Ther...

We left Luang Prabang after a heavy last night with the boys (Nims, Rik, Dan, Matt and Thomasino) and we travelled by a VIP bus to our next destination Vang Vieng. Going through the mountains and rainforests of Laos the scenery was amazing, everyone said it was beautiful and people where taking loads of pictures, apart from us as we were all hungover and slept throughout most of the trip at the back of the bus. Some things never change. We got to Vang Vieng and...

After the monster slow boat journey from Chiang Mai we decided to take it slow on our first night in Luang Prabang so we all went out for a traditional Lao meal although i was not feeling too well so i didn't eat, but wish i did because it looked and smelt sooo nice! Luang Prabang is a small lazy city with not much to do, people visit this city because of the French architecture apparently as well as its caves and waterfalls. To be honest because our gang of 3 h...

After much deliberation we decided to take the slow boat to cross the border from Thailand into Laos instead of the plane. The only problem with the slow boat was that it took two days whilst a flight would have taken a matter of minutes. Our last night in Chiang Mai was last Saturday so we hopped onto a small minibus that took us to the Thai / Lao border. The bus was very cramped and we were stuck on the minibus for 6 hours. However despite this it wasn't that...

We arrived in Chiang Mai, which is the second city of Thailand early in the morning and is located near the forests of North Thailand and can be a bit chilly in the night or early morning, we obviously did not know this, otherwise we wouldn't have worn our shorts and t-shirts. Most people come up here for trekking and most book there accomo and trek in advance. We however were one of the few groups that did not do this, only booking accomo is frowned upon in thi...