After taking a minivan which was surprisingly ok, (apart from being thrown around like a sack of potatoes because I didn't have a proper seat). We arrived into Vang Vieng - Tubing central!!! After getting a tuk-tuk and the guy being clueless where our guest house was (which is really annoying because it is a tiny place and they know where nothing is, that is all tuk-tuk drivers, obviously you don't take a test to become one, you buy it). Our room was a place to...

We took the night bus to Laos to get there in time for Christmas Eve and our plush hotel treat. We decided to take the local bus to save a bit of kip and to avoid the commission charges of the tourist offices. Besides, live like a local! We got some cracking seats right at the front - no travel sickness for us! Just an open door and copious amounts of dust flying into our faces from the bumpy, potholed, narrow dirt track that led us 377km over 12 hours to Luang...

Considering it is the capital city, there is a significant lack of stuff in Vientiane. We arrived super early off the night bus from Bangkok (a journey without event or theft this time - whoop!) and a tiny bit of sleep. We found a guesthouse fairly easily and set off on some Laos errands. The bank must be the best bank, and biggest, that we have been to in Asia. Amazingly easy to get everything done. We stopped for some breakfast, and then set off in search of ...