The earliest i've seen for a while for getting up. Did the usual alarm thing, 7am alarm and end up getting up at 9. Don't you just love that 9 minute snooze button, it can be lethal though. I had to sort my stuff out and pack my bags and check out of my room after 2 weeks in Chiang Mai. Now for the next part of my adventure. Im getting picked up at 12 noon for a 6 hour bus ride to Chiang Khong ready for the border crossing into Laos.

We arrived at the guesthouse, which was part of the package around 6pm and had dinner around 7pm along with a few beers getting to know some of the people who were also going on the slow boat for the next two days. Another thing I had to sort out was my Laos visa but I found out that they only took US Dollars. What is it about some of these countries only accepting these. Seems a bit daft really, I don't know why I just couldn't pay in Thai Baht, it's only over the other side of the Mekong.

Had a couple more beers with some of the group then decided to go to bed at a reasonable hour for breakfast at 7am. Back at the room I got the phone call ive been waiting 3 weeks for. My luggage is in Bangkok. Now all I need to do now is get a fixed address and they will bring it to my door wherever I am. All I can say is thank f*** for that!