We were up early today to catch the 'VIP' bus upto Vang Vieng, and were quite dissapointed with the ramshackle bus that awaited us. Luckily for us, the weather was pretty chilly and so the lack of air con did not prove to be much of a problem! As they strapped our luggage onto the roof of the bus, much to our dismay, we got on to find Jonathon from the previous night already on board. With everyone on board, including a man with a hen on a lead in front of us, w...

We spent the morning, after a very broken night's sleep due to them washing the pots and pans while singing very loudly right outside our room, trying to book an excursion for later that day. So, when the afternoon came we boarded the mini-bus along with 4 others and headed off in search of the famous Kouang Si Waterfall in the national park just out of town.Not realising that we would be able to swim in the waterfall, we arrived a little unprepared ie without fl...

We were delighted to wake up to a bright and sunny start after a very restful nights sleep in a double bed all to ourselves! We then began the search for a bed for the night and were quite shocked to find that what was on offer was even more basic yet even more expensive than Vietnam, despite prices for other amenities being much lower.Having eventually secured a family run place on the banks of the Mekong, we tried not to look as the entrance was where they kept...