Hello All, Vang Vieng is AMAZING!!! We have had brilliant time here and probably should have moved on a few days ago but we just couldn't bring ourselves to say goodbye! Vang Vieng is a tiny town built on the banks of the Nam Song river. It is surrounded by huge Limestone cliffs and caves to explore. But the main attraction is TUBING! Because it is rainy season the river is flowing fast and full so hopping in a big rubber ring to float down the river is fun in ...

Hello all, Last day in Luang Prabang today, we head to Vang Vieng tomorrow. We've had a fantastic time here and made some really good friends. We met Emma and Marcus on the bus over and had a good night of drinking with them on the 2nd night. All the bars close here at 11.30 and we were told that the town is asleep by midnight. However, a random bowling alley, of all places, stays open serving Beer Laos until 3am! This is full to the brim with westerners contin...

Hello! We just arrived in Luang Prabang a few hours ago after a lovely slow boat trip down the mighty Mekong river. Although the journey took 2 nights and 2 days it wasnt half bad, however, we definitely encountered our fair share of bad luck along the way... All stared out pretty well, managed to get some sleep on the minibus to the border, and made a few friends. The next day on the slow boat was good too; luckily we got there early and grabbed a good spot wi...

Hello, This is our last day in Thailand before heading to the Laos border tonight. We arrived in Pai to the joy of Lisa getting very ill!! She blames dodgy chicken from our first meal here. So lisa spent the first couple of days in bed while I (Rich) went back and forth from the pharmacy to get her some delicious medicine. I also hired a bike and cycled to a little fishing park to try and catch some piranhas (no luck - but very relaxing) I felt very conscious o...

Hello all, The sleeper train up from Ayuttaya was very peaceful and it was a good job the train was 30mins late arriving because we were still fast asleep in our PJs when the train was supposed to pull in to Chiang Mai station! Chiang Mai is a cool place with a moat around the old city and plenty of markets to stroll around, but most of all it is generally more chilled out than Bangkok so it suits us fine. That night we went to the night safari (the ex-presiden...