From Vientiane I took the night bus down to the Four Thousand Islands, right at the bottom of Laos in the Mekong River. The night bus was not the best, not only am I not suited to any bed buses, I'm far too, tall but I was also wedged in next to a Laotian, and we trailed another bus with a huge flashing advert for most of the journey fun times. Once I reached Pakse I had some breakfast and got on a smaller bus down to the islands. This was far better and I man...

So I left Vientaine early to get to Vang Vieng. It was the hariest bus ride I've been on. Imagine a large bus, with no suspension going as fast as possible around the numerous corners into the mountains so much so that you were flung in and out of your seat constantly with the door flying open on occasions. A great way to travel, and I'm not even being sarcastic, it was a great laugh, a 4 hour roller coaster! When I arrived in Vang Vieng I checked into the Or...

As I was leaving for Vientaine in Laos that evening I decieded to spend my final day in Chiang Mai just chilling out. First I went off to see the Tiger Kingdom a sanctuary about 40 minutes tuk tuk ride from Chiang Mai. It was a great experience. Unlike the elephants the tigers are treated really well, though they are especially tame. You are able to go into their pens and pet them and as daft as it sounds they were litterally big cats. As they were so use to...

On arriving in Chiang Mai I took a tuk tuk to Julie's Guesthouse. It is a great little place with large open lounges, one at the entrance and one on the top floor and only 90p a night for a dorm bed. As soon as I sat down I'd started talking to two lads one Irish one French who had been out on the lash after copleting a trek the day before. Like all the Irish I've ever met you couldn't tell that Sam had touched a drop the night before but the french lad still ...

On arriving in Chiang Mai I took a tuk tuk to Julie's Guesthouse. It is a great little place with large open lounges, one at the entrance and one on the top floor and only 90p a night for a dorm bed. As soon as I sat down I'd started talking to two lads one Irish one French who had been out on the lash after copleting a trek the day before. Like all the Irish I've ever met you couldn't tell that Sam had toughed a drop the night before but the french lad still ...