Well... our livers did not get as much of a reprieve as they would have hoped last night. Fortunately we did not go mad, but the old Lao whiskey always comes back to bite you in the arse. It does appear to hit the Laura the hardest however, with today being no exception. I woke fairly early as I always seem to after drinking. Many fellow liquor indulgers always comment on how they sleep like a baby after drinking. I however, never get this luxury. After the cli...

Today we were up early for our bus ride to Luang Prabang, the bus was leaving at 8.30 so we went to grab some breakfast before departing. We headed to a restaurant and admired the beautiful view over the mountains and the sound of the river one last time while enjoying our bacon and scrambled egg baguettes. The time then came for us to head to the bus office for our mini bus... As we walked you could already feel the heat of the day ahead and it was going to be...

Today we woke early at about seven ish but were feeling pretty lazy. We were debating a cycle out to the 'blue lagoon' but on researching a bit further we thought otherwise. It was going to cost to hire the bikes... Cross the bridge... Entrance... Torch hire.. Potential guide and so on and we weren't that desperate to see it that we wanted to spend the money. I instead wanted to go shopping!!! We headed out early and headed to our old haunt for breakfast and...

Today was a sad day... Our final morning with Kratos. We woke early and lazily checked mail and read the news before having a cup of flower tea on the veranda with Kratos. His bus was at one so we decided to chill out with him this morning and enjoy a final brunch together. We headed out after everyone was showered and he was packed up and checked out, arriving at our favourite little place across the bridge just after ten. We ordered some food... Me and Steve...

Today was a write off.... Dear livers We promise we shall never drink large quantities of local homemade spirits again. Yours Steven and Laura