i'm in heaven! Thats pretty much all I can say. The journey here was pretty different to last time and it had me a bit worried! The two day boat trip from the border was rammed with people, it would appear Laos is about five times more popular than it was three years ago, to an extent it felt like we were cattle being herded but on the up side it did give Lauren and I a chance to meet some lovely people and in all it was stil;l a lovely couple of days. On reach...

hello hello, currently trying to upload photos but not sure it will work so no promises! In Vientiane, very pretty city but not as Luang Prabang!!! Still for the capitol city its very very chilled out and incredibley clean!!!!! Arrived here yeastrday evening after spending the morning tubeing ion Vang Vieng, that was great fun but we have a bus full of sunburnt travellers now!!! I'm not to bad, just a but red on my calves but then again 4 hours in the water and ...

hello Anyway, as i was saying BIG cockroaches!!!! hehe. Arrived here in vang vieng about 3 o clock and headed for a swim in the near by ""blue lagoon"" before coming abck to the town for a bit to eat. Tubing tomorrow, sitting in a big rubber ring and floating down the mekong, apparently there are lots of bars along the way where you stop and get your free shot of Lao Loa, the locally brewed whisky. Sounds like madness to me plus we have to...

Hello there, just a very quick entry before my escort home finishes her haggling on the night market. Here in Laos, its by far the most beautiful country i have been to yet. Crossing the border was fun, and the currency here is even more fun (1600 kip to the pound) but all went smoothly and we were relaxing on a slow boat within the hour or two. the first day was 7 hours on the boat, bloody perfevct. Over 80 percent of Laos is mountain covered with jungle an...