Ok, I am officially converted and contrite. I love Vang Vieng and I'm having a really good time. The time has flown by and I'm not really sure what I've been doing with it. Well, I know I have been spending most of it either watching movies or hanging out by the river but I know that's not the most productive thing in the world. But it's been really fun and a bit like a holiday within a holiday. I've met tonnes of great people, it feels like I've been here for ag...

I have made it to Vang Vieng, which seems to be the Broad Street of South East Asia.This town is insane; we're staying in a clean guesthouse with hot water in the centre of town, and we're surrounded by internet cafes, places to upload stuff on your i-pod, restaurants showing reruns of Friends and serving "hangover cure" breakfasts, and a selection of Westerners walking around wearing not much clothing. The backdrop to this are some towering, craggy mou...