In Laos capital - Vientiane. Didn't do much other than chill by the pool and went to a fair which celebrated the end of Buddha. "Laos boxing", which is just like Thai boxing was there and loads of markets with knock of clothing, sunglasses and watches! I was very anxious about this 24 bus journey to Vietnam capital - Hanoi. Read and been told so many horror stories. However, it wasn't bad at all, at least i got to lay down and fall a sleep. Traveling with two Spa...

City in Lao, Vang Viene is famous for its tubing down the river. You get off at each stop by people throwing ropes out to pull you in, to party for another hour! Started at 1am till 7pm then carried on when we got back to the Irish bar. Played loads of drinking games, was such a good day but jheez i felt rough the next day! So much fun when nearly every person i have met so far were all doing the tubing the same day. Nearly lost my deposit for the tube (60,000 ki...

Returned back to Chiang Mai with a cold, so annoying having to spend 2 days in bed. 5 days on and i still have a cold. Traveled from Chiang Mai in Thailand to Luang Pravang in Laos on a 3 day tour! First day we traveled in a mini bus and stopped at the White Temple in Chiang Rai. The paintings on the inside of the temple were slightly disturbing, as they had characters out of films and the twin towers burning down...strange i know (see photos). Then continued tra...