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...