We visted the Buddah Park today, which is about 25km from Vientiane. The park itself is about the size of a footbal pitch and is full of stone sculptures, most of which are huge! The highlight of the day however was talking to a monk! He was the same age as me and very funny! I think he fancied Cassie, although he called her fat so he needs to work on his chat up lines! We also caught him smoking (which I'm sure he's not supposed to do)! He had only been studying...

Today we had a herbal sauna and massage! Was very nice, it was in the woods so we could hear the birds singing as we relaxed! It didnt start too well tho, when we first got in the sauna an over-weight Laos man sat about 2ft in-front of us and made grunting noises. Pervert.

At lunch we got a minivan to the capital - Vientiane which took about 3hrs. We were greated at our hostel by a cockroach. Which was nice. Its not very nice here, its a bit like a small Bangkok!

I know I said it yesterday, but today really was the best day so far!! We went tubing!! Tubing is basically floating down the river on a large rubber ring, and stopping off at the various bars. Loads of people do it, so its a big social affair! Fantasitic views, hot sunshine, cocktails and Bob Marley. Happy days!

In the morning we found a new place to stay, it was called Riverside Bungalows (clue is in the name), we had views of the mountains so we were pleased with our find! In the afternoon we got a tuk-tuk (along a very bumpy dusty road) to Poukham caves. The only caves I have been to so far were the very touristy, easily accesible Pak Ou caves, thererfore we were in for a shock!! We had to climb up 100m of rocky mountain to reach the caves (hard when in flip-flops!), ...