So we headed down after our mammoth motorbike ride to some R & R on the Si Phan Don, or Four Thousand Islands. Don Det was recommended to us by Mikey and Leigh so only a couple of hours on the minivan, and a short boat ride and we were there. We arrived onto a completely different side of the island than we had expected and so for the whole day thought we were on a completely different side of the island (there are only two sides on the tiny island, it's no...

We arrived back into Pakse with time to spare, and so all went for a much needed warm shower and it was pure heaven! Then, second on the priorities list was a MASSIVE meal, and we got one. There was an Indian restaurant a stone's throw away, and at Mikey's excellent suggestion we had a much deserved feast! Just as we were finishing up, Philippe and Chinous walked past, so after they had a bite to eat as well, we headed to that traditional Laos past time....bow...

After a hearty breakfast in Paksong, we headed off on the longest ride so far, out towards the waterfalls at Tad Lo. A long old ride around 60km, and I tell you my arse was not enjoying the last 10km or so. Clinging on for dear life as Sean tried to break the sound barrier, or so it seemed. The boys enjoyed having a little race, to echoes of 'don't race - it's not a game!' from Leigh and I. We arrived into Tad Lo a little later than we'd hoped, having lazed ar...

HAPPY NEW YEAR! And welcome to another one horse town. No falang to be seen here, despite it being hailed as the 'coffee capital of Laos' they should have called it the 'one Dutch guy who owns an overpriced coffee shop in Laos' where the portions are outrageously small and the price of a western coffee. Naturally we went there twice. So our journey to Paksong, well, it's the first time either of us has been on a bike since the traumatic Goa incident. This tim...

So, apparently there is nothing to do in Pakse. We arrived full of hope of finding somewhere new and exciting, but after we'd walked down the one road, and round the corner to the temple, we had pretty much covered all that Pakse had to offer. The night bus we arrived on was much more comfortable than the last, it had actual beds on! A luxury we hadn't encountered yet. The odd thing being they were beds for two...Which was fine for us travelling as a pair. But...