Happy Birthday Mike!! One of the wonderful things about travelling for us is the people we meet. So far we have travelled with families, people our own age and people we didn't necessarily like. But today we met two of the most inspiring people so far. Nick & Erica's backstory....Four years ago, after retiring, they bought a sailing boat, set off from the East Coast of Australia and have been sailing ever since. They even made it to India. They have such a re...

The two day boat journey from Luang Prabang across the border to Thailand started humourously as an hour and 5 minutes into our journey we drove past the hostel we had left earlier. Eventually we made it onto the long boat where we would spend 16 hours cruising down the Mekong over the next 2 days. The first thing we realised was that we didn't have enough clothes for the chilly conditions. We spent the whole day getting to know our neighbours that we would share...

The monks in Luang Prabang and other areas of the world have to rise early before the sun to receive alms (food) from the local community. They then return to the monastery to eat their only meal of the day. This is a big attraction for tourists but has recently become too much so. Today we were hoping to catch a glimpse of this special moment, without crowds of tourists spoiling the tradition. We were up bright and early and ready to leave our accommodation at 5...

Happy Birthday Grandma!! Kuang Si waterfalls is the only trip from Luang Prabang that we felt was worth exchanging for a chilled out day. After a two hour minivan ride we arrived at the waterfall which unsuspectedly had a black bear sanctuary at the gates. We spent little time here as they didn't look very happy. As we began the 'walk' up to the top of the waterfall, we passed the several plunge pools that are the main attraction. During the 'walk' we sud...

Matt woke up to Char killing ants and he had slept through the whole thing in his drunk state. The bed had been crawling all night long so Char took on the role of protection until we were able to move rooms. In the next room, it was Matt who got his hands dirty (literally). After being in countries where you can flush toilet roll, apparently in Luang Prabang you can't. But they don't think to tell you this. His wrist made it past the u-bend, an all time low....