We arranged to leave at 1pm to head for Vang Vieng so we lounged around (collected out laundry) then jumped aboard a mini van for 4 hours.

We woke at 8am the next day, still clothed, still dirty. We had just passed out. We were gutted we hadn't met up with the bus friends. I was gutted I hadn't washed!!!! We got washed and dressed then went off to find a new guesthouse and explore Vientiane. We found Mixay paradise. They charged half the price for laundry so we put nearly all our clothes in for a wash! Hue was so damp our clothes had a funny smell (we couldn't wash in Hanoi because everywhere was ...

We arrived at the strangest sleeping bus yet... It had seats above, in pairs, to lie on and what looked like storage space underneath the seats. It turned out the dark window-less area underneath the seats were also beds and not only that but they were for me and Lee.... We were one of the last to get on the bus so most of the seats had been taken. When Lee realized the floor was a bed he was made up with the space and dove down on the ground... I reluctantly fol...

We arrived! We'd survived! The lovely people, off the bus, all shared a tuk tuk into the town with us. We split up and arranged to meet at 8pm once we'd found a room and got a wash.... Me and Lee went to the Riverside Inn threw our things in the room and went across the road to the restaurant across the way. We ate, went back to the room and collapsed on the bed.

We were leaving at 5pm so we had loads of time to wonder the now open shops, visit the post office and explore anything we might have missed. That didnt really last long so we headed back to the hostel, got a hot chocolate and went to see what films were on - btw the weather was still really cold! Plus we hardly had any clothes because the laundry had been closed. The film playing was Super Bad!!! I love this film 'people don't forget'. The wifi wasn't the best ...