So we arrived in Vang Viang! Wow! What a sharp contrast from Vientiane. It was absolutely beautiful! Set on the east bank of the Nam Xong River between a spectacular spread of sawtoothed limestone karsts to the west and rolling hills to the east, we were high up, the clouds covered the tops of the karsts and the air had a slight, pleasant chill to it. Tuk tuks were trying to give us lifts into town, they claimed the guest house we wanted to go to was a few kilome...

So we flew to Udon Thani from Chiang Mai and then Got a bus up to Vientiane over the 'friendship bridge' at the border. Our visas took 5 mins to get with 1 passport picture and $45. We are now allowed in Laos for 30 days but we don't have time for that, I sat next to a lovely Thai man who works for Bangkok banks branch in Vientiane which is the capital city of Laos. Him and his wife said we could share a taxi into town from where the bus drops you off, I heard th...

I just came online to try and put my pictures up but so far, the electricity has cut off forcing us to sit there for 5 mins while our computers attempt to restart, we were still waiting so they suggested we move seats. Then I asked for a card reader so I could upload my pics, I couldn't get it to work, the woman here took it to another computer, she couldn't get it to work and when I got it back and put it in my computer I thought she had deleted all the photos, ...

Sawadee ka from Thailand! Guess what? I'm better!!! Yay!!! I woke up yesterday morning feeling tonnes better and even felt hungry so Caz and I made the most of that and head into town to eat. We then decided to go to Doi Suthep which is a buddhist temple with views overlooking the whole of Chiang Mai. We caught a songthaew (Literally translated as 'two bench' - a car with two benches facing eachother behind the driver) up the steep hillside to Doi Suthep, it's...

Hey guys! Ok so I've finally managed to upload some pics but only a few as this computer is so rubbish. Anyway, I hope you like them! Let me know x