After another ridiculous 5 hour bus journey (that was supposed to be 2) we arrived at Vientiane. We went for our 'last supper' together as tomorrow would be the day that Vic went on to see Cambodia and Thailand. We thought we'd keep it traditional and had chilli con carne, lasagne and fajitas! Said our emotional goodbyes as Vic headed off for the airport. The three of us had spent 3 months together; a funny feeling when we said "see you in 9 months"...

Arriving in VangVieng from Lunang Prabang did not come soon enough! The bus journey was so bad, wizzing up and down and around the mountainous roads almost sent us over the edge...literally! The main reason people come here is do do the tubing...so we had to! Thsi involves irresponsible travellers floating down the river on a rubber tube stopping off at make-shift bars consuming various alcoholic drinks along the way...and having a go on the zip wires and monkey...

Laos is such a laid-back country, even more so than you can imagine! Even more sleepy than Jen (if that's possible!). Although landing here from Hanoi was a pretty scary experience; we were on such a small plane and as it was time to land it just nose-dived onto the landing strip after circuling erractically a few times! Bad. As Vic and Jen were waiting on Sal to back to join them, we spent the day (well an hour or so) riding around the town on bikes which was f...