After wondering around for a while yesterday, we found somewhere offering the cave tours pretty much where we had started! However, it was far more expensive than we had thought so we decided to go and have a think about it whilst having a chill at the hotel. A couple of hours later we had decided that we came to Thakhek for the caves and went back out to book the trip. Whilst getting cash out we bumped into the couple who were staying in the same place as us and...

Yesterday was a really long day of travel! We didn't have to leave the island until 11am, so this gave us a bit of time to finish packing and get some breakfast before we left. We headed down to the beach where the boats leave from about 20 to 11 and there were already about 40 people waiting. When we left Siem Reap the guy at the minivan office who explained the border crossing to us had said not to bother with the 11am boat and now we could see why! However, t...