I've somewhat fallen behind on the blog front with regards to Luang Prabang and I think the main reason been, we haven't really done that much apart from chilled, played cards and read... And I don't feel like that's a bad thing. We've drunk until the bars shut (then continued drinking in a bowling alley of all places), we've been to a beautiful waterfall (which also had an enclosure with rescued bears from all over Laos) and swam in the natural pool below, we'...

Day two of the adventure was in many ways similar to the first - sat on your arse looking at stunning scenery, but at the same time trying to keep your mind occupied. We spoke to an Irish chap who we'd bumped into yesterday at the Laos border before venturing onto our respective boats - ours (which was the faster of the two) left first today... But still arrived last. After a pretty uneventful journey, we arrived around 6pm as the sun set on the distant mount...

After a good start to the adventure, it was time to leave Thailand, for the time being at least anyway and make our way over the border to Laos. Knowing that it's better to get there early, we left the guesthouse at 8am for the 10 minute walk to the port only to be greeted by a huge queue for the Thai immigration - at least it was a queue. After a quick hop on a boat across the Mekong river, incidentally the river we'll be spending two days on to make our way...

A new day, another long bus journey, this time to Chiang Khong, a small town that lies on the Thai-Lao border. We left the guesthouse at 7:40am ahead of the 8:30am bus to Chiang Khong (north) via a handful of other stops, (some of which were for close to an hour) meaning the journey took 7 hours. We arrived around 15:30 and headed straight to our guesthouse which overlooks the Mekong River and Laos. A private room with an ensuite for 300 baht. I hope this tre...

Just when I thought yesterday was the highlight of my trip to northern Thailand, today smashed it out of the water. We were picked up by a songtaew in the morning for our one day elephant trek. The shops sold two day and three day treks but we thought these were a bit too long (and pricey) for our liking. We arrived at the least cruel looking elephant park we saw at 09:30, an hour later. No babies tied up with 1m chains, no elephants left in the sun and an e...