When we arrived, we headed to the centre and found a hostel to stay at. We were all exhausted as we had hardly slept. We then found out that the night bus to Hanoi in Vietnam only runs on Wednesdays and Fridays so we decided to not stay there and get the night bus that evening. We didn't want to spend anymore time in Laos and wanted to go straight to Vietnam. With ANOTHER 24 hour bus journey ahead of us, we spent the afternoon by a swimming pool in Vientiane. It...

20th November - We had a relaxing last day in luang prabang where I nursed my very prominent hangover. We headed over to Utopia where we relaxed and looked over the Mekong river. If only I could do that on every hungover Sunday! I ordered a lovely fruit smoothie which went down a treat!!! Later on, we got on the night bus which would take us to Vientiane. It was another very unpleasant journey.

19th November - We got up, grabbed a baguette for brunch and headed to Kuang Si waterfall on a Tuk Tuk. It took us about 30-45 minutes to get there. Once we got there, we started walking through what looked like a jungle and we came across a bear sanctuary. There were really cute massive black bears lying basking in the sun. They were loving life. We carried on walking past waterfalls and walked to the highest point of the waterfall which was breathtaking. ...

18th November - We woke up pretty hungover from the night before so the day ahead was looking to be pretty unproductive. However, I found out that there was a swimming pool nearby so we donned our swimwear and headed on down to the pool after we grabbed a baguette from the local market. We had a great afternoon swimming with the local kids. They are all so cute and want to play with you!! Just before sunset, we left the swimming pool and headed back towards th...

17th November - We got to luang prabang the next day, after a horrendous journey with many bumps and horn beeping throughout the night, and found our guesthouse which would be our new home for the next few nights. We were knackered from the journey so we had a team nap before we headed out to explore the town later that evening. We went for a romantic dinner by the Mekong river where I decided to order a fresh salad which turned out to be a hot papaya salad!! ...