So today would ultimately lead to the event Laura had been dreading...... The 24 hour overnight bus ride to the Vietnam capital, Hanoi. We decided to put this to the back of our minds and enjoy a leg toning bicycle tour around Vientiane. We packed up and checked out leaving our bags at our guesthouse which acted as a deposit for the bike rental. The bikes were somewhat shabby to say the least, mine looked like it had a run with a large truck. At least it went s...

So this morning would be our last in our long association with Vang Vieng. It would like be saying good bye to an old friend. Our pick up came at 8:30am after our noodle soup and would take us south to the Laos capital of Vientiane. Compared to our recent bus journeys, this one was bliss! Only took the best part of three hours and actually had roads with straights..... and flat! I had forgot what these roads looked like. The bus driver could actually go over thi...

The Lao Lao whisky bit back with a vengeance this morning as I was feeling pretty worse for wear. It was a role reversal as Laura is normally the one who suffers most but she was annoyingly hyper today. I did manage to drag myself out of bed however, get showered, then head down the road for some hangover curing noodle soup.... First mission of the day accomplished. On route Laura managed to acquire some new sun glasses as she inadvertently sat on hers a coupl...

It was another damp and overcast morning in Vang Vieng when we woke. There had obviously been thunderstorms overnight as there were deep puddles where the road and pavements dipped. The morning started off with an amazing noodle soup from a place that I stumbled upon yesterday. The food was cheap, amazingly fragrant and tasty full of al dente noodles and succulent chicken breast... Delicious. We then decided to be very lazy morning having a beer or two whilst ...

Today I slept until after nine am and still felt tired on waking, Steven was already up and raring to go for breakfast. I dragged myself out of bed and got dressed before we headed out in search of breakfast, we went back to 'the other side' restaurant where we ordered a rice soup each and a fruit shake (aww how we have missed them). We laid back and I cracked on with the blogs while Steven read his book. While sitting there the sky suddenly turned grey, then ...