Hi all So, off we got at the pier and Kimbers chatted to a tout and got us a room with hot showers, private bathroom etc for about 1 pound 30 per night each. Nice touch hun x We got there, unloaded, showered and the 11 of us headed out for some dinner. I was convinced I'd seen a steak house on the way through, but it turned out to be a guest house called Stouk or some s***, so after much piss taking about me being dyslexic we settled on a riverfront res...

Hi everyone I'm finally catching up, and although none of the dates match up too well, we're pretty certain that we got to Laos on 15th July and took the slow boat down the Mekong into Luang Prabang. This takes 2 days, with an overnight stop at some horrible little town along the way (but more of that later). So the 11 of us (us 3, the 4 Irish guys and the 4 English girls)arrived at the Laos border and immediately changed up some money. 20000 kip to ...