Hi everybody So Mand gets back from the Internet saying that we can't fail to find it cos its only round the corner. So we obviously spent the next three quarters of an hour struggling through the heat looking for it. Eventually we found it and booked in, Mand went to bed for an hour and I sat outside with a beer awaiting the return of Kimbers and Laura. They arrived back after a while and polite introductions were made, followed by me apologising profusel...

Hi all So off the 11 of us set in a minibus built for about 8 for the 5 hour journey to Vang Vieng (VV). It took us about 7 and half in the end, mainly due to the fact we were so overloaded the bus couldn't do more than about 30 miles an hour which was actually a nice respite after the suicidal tuk tuk man who took us to the waterfall. Although it was a bit (very) cramped I somehow got lucky and got a seat behind the door so had loads of leg room and a windo...

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 ...

Hi all This account is essentially Mandy's (so it should be of a slightly better standard) with me sticking my twopence worth in every now and then. I'll put the rest of Chiang Mai on a separate postcard. Suffice to say for now that after a couple of days mooching around we decided to go on a 2 day jungle trek. So I'll pass you over to Mand... Still having a fab time. We have been a bit less lazy lately and actually went trekking in the jungle for a co...