Date: 24th May 2011 Place: Vang Vieng Weather: raining in the morning, brightened up later Tubinggg!!!! Today was the day we had been waiting for because it was so famous amongst backpackers. My problem was I still felt sick. Not a good way to be when you are going out partying all day. I still felt really hungry so got the Tubers breakfast which was really big and actually came with free shots at the end. We could tell it was going to be a strange day fro...

Date: 23rd May 2011 Place: Vang Vieng Weather: so so so hot After that bus journey we couldn't handle tubing on the first day. We decided a pool day was in order and we had heard about one we could use at a hotel just up the road. After having a bit of breakfast at Central Backpackers we head up there and got some sunbeds looking out over the river and towards the mountains. It was really nice, like on a private balcony. I was convinced all day that I w...

Date: 22nd May 2011 Place: On a bus but eventually Vang Vieng, Laos Weather: super super hot and sunny I managed to get a little bit of sleep before being taken into a shop where they would sort out our Laos Visas and then gave us our 'VIP' breakfast of a ham and egg toastie with a fly on the side. Thai and Laos people really know how to do things slowly. We were in the Visa place for about an hour and a half and then we took a 2 minute journey down the ro...

Date: 21st May 2011 Place: Chiang Mai Weather: sunny J Aimee went to an Elephant camp today so since she had to get up early we decided to go with her. Apparently though when my alarm went off I just turned it off and went back to sleep. I must have been pretty tired that night because I also sat up in the middle of the night, turned on the TV and then turned over to go back to sleep. Siobhan asked me if I was watching the TV and I replied 'Nah, not anymor...

Date: 20th May 2011 Place: Chiang Mai Weather: a bit cloudy but not raining Today was the last day of our activities L It was Zip lining for Aimee and me but because Carm doesn't like heights she decided to do quad biking instead. She had to get up and leave a lot earlier than us because it started at 8.30 whereas we got picked up at 12.30. When they picked us up we went in an actual car! Facing forwards! It was amazing. We felt like we were living in l...