Nothing to get up early for in Pakse today so we enjoyed a bit of a lie-in and then went for breakfast at Delta Coffee, which we've kind of adopted as our cafe of choice since we've been here! The coffee is really good and before leaving we bought some to take home as presents for a bargain price. Today we were planning on visiting Wat Phu Champasak, one of the largest and most famous temples in Laos, but the heat was so overpowering on our walk to the coffee s...

Our pick-up for our day tour of the Bolaven Plateau was at 8am today, so we got up early and went for breakfast as we knew it was going to be a long day! We were the first to be picked up and were soon joined by a German couple, a French man, a Vietnamese girl and a guy who was born in Laos but was brought up in Germany! As you can tell, we can't remember any of their names now! We also had an English speaking guide who sat in the front of the minibus with the dr...

This morning, we headed back to Delta Coffee for a baguette and coffee breakfast before heading out in search of a travel agent who could book us on a day trip to the Bolaven Plateau tomorrow. We want to see the tea and coffee plantations where the fantastic coffee we've been drinking later comes from! We tried a few places all over town; some were too expensive and others said that they needed a minimum of four people before they would run the tour so we shoul...

Another long bus journey today, but one to remember! We got up and checked out early then got a tuk tuk to the bus station and bought tickets for the 8:30am air-conditioned bus to Pakse, seven hours south of Tha Khaek. It cost an extra 10,000 kip for the air-con option…shame it didn't turn out to be true! It was quite a hot journey but luckily we were near a window that opened! Anyway, onto the interesting part… When we boarded the bus there were only a fe...