The guitar made it as hand luggage. Not even mentioned or questioned. We even got the emergency exit seats with the extra leg room. Luck is with us today. On first impressions on arrival in Vientiane the sun is so powerful. Hotter than the core of the earth it seemed as we had a wander around the city in the midday peak. We finally got seated alongside the Mekong for our 3rd sunset by its side. The day almost seemed to go too perfect. Wait for it...... The ...

A long coach journey back to Hanoi meant one thing. We had to fill up on all the Vietnamese food that we love before we leave for Laos tomorrow. The day went like this. - Breakfast at 8am - Coach journey at 9am - Arrived in Hanoi after nothing to eat or drink at 4pm. - Banh Mi - Pho Bo - Banh Mi Three meals later we realised that because we are now posh travelers and flying to Laos that we have become stupid. We didn't even consider the fact the we now hav...

A day can really make a difference. For the past few days, being the beach snobs that we now are, we have thought that the Cat Ba beach was OK. But this wasn't just us, everybody we met made a comment of disappointment about the cloudy, littered sea. But we finally understand why Asian people live their life by the lunar calendar. Yesterday was a full moon and it definitely made a huge difference, producing a clear, emerald bay. Making the most of our last day on...

With most trips in Asia the start of today's trip was no exception. A free pick up is offered from the hostel. This generally means that once we are picked up from our spot we proceed to drive around the town stopping every five metres to pick up the next group. Asian logic eh?! Why not just walk to one meeting place, the Main Street is only 200m long. However, it is normally a great chance to meet people at the start of the day as everybody is generally squashed...

Nothing much occurred today apart from a day at the beach and some good karma. Our act to receive good karma was to offer a couple that we had met one of our books for free. It was only taking room up in our bags and to be honest we were desperate for somebody to lighten the load. The couple seemed over whelmed with "our generosity" and began showering is with freebies for the rest of the day. - free beers at happy hour - free cocktail at happy hour - free ti...