Sabadee everyone! Apologies for the lack of blogs lately, it's been due to illness and awful wifi in Laos! We've definitely had our fair share of travellers sickness now. So this ones going to be a long one - sorry! Where to start? Well we've been in Luang Prabang for 5 nights. Last weekend we got a bumpy, jam-packed minibus for 6 hours to get here. We've gotten pretty used to arriving somewhere and searching around guest houses for room in the inn. Luang P...

Yesterday we rented mountain bikes for the day for $2.5 each. We rode the dusty, bumpy track for 7km to find the Blue Lagoon. Words cannot describe the pain that our butts feel (and Steph's hands) due to the rocky terrain. Despite the rocky road, the scenery outside of town was beautiful. It was funny crossing a rickety wooden bridge across the river when there were motorbikes roaring past you. The Blue Lagoon is usually packed with fully-clothed Koreans in...

So, we finally found the sun again! Two days ago we got a 4 hour bus from Vientiane to Vang Vieng. That was an experience as Steph was suffering with the flu/stomach upset/dying in general. Laos is the most beautiful country. Vang Vieng is a small town surrounded by gigantic mountains with a blue sky and huge sun. There is one central road that runs throughout Vang Vieng which we were staying just off of for the first two nights in a hotel. As we found some...

Hello from a very rainy Vientiane! We've had quite a chilled out few days here. Considering it's the capital of Laos, there's not a lot to do or see and little nightlife. It's safe to say we're a little disappointed but there are lots of exquisite French coffee shops everywhere, a popular pass time. Yesterday we headed out to explore the town. We walked to the Mekong river - a distant sight with all the 'riverfront' restaurants and hotels set back behind a ro...

Today we headed to Laos, the fourth country of our trip. We made sure to stock up on provisions for the 20hr bus journey as we've heard a few horror stories. Some include no stops, no toilet on the bus and trouble at the border crossing. So safe to say we were really looking forward to it! On our last afternoon in Vietnam we spotted some whole BBQ'd dogs on the side of the road, from teeth to tail. Definitely not the hot dogs we are used to seeing back hom...