Hi all, Phonsavanh - the heaviest bombed place in the whole world, ever (!). It was a fairly long journey and we arrived at around 3pm and found a nice little guest house to stay in. The only reason one would go to Phonsavanh, is to view 'The Plain of Jars'. What are they?! Well..I wish I could tell you, but no one knows. The Plain of Jars consists of 3 separate sites across the Phonsavanh area and on each of these sites sits hundreds of 'Jars'...

En route to Vang Vieng, I thought the bus was going to blow up. Each time the gears changed and the engine revved, it sounded like a large cow was being slaughtered slowly. We wound around the stupidly curly roads. A huge tanker lorry had careered off the side of the road and lay in the ditch. Oh - and the guy with an AK47 was on board, guarding our bus for us - in plain clothes. The joys of travelling in Laos! We stopped off for lunch and then had about another ...

Hi After a long, winding, bumpy ride back to Chiang Mai (from Pai) we trundled back into the same Guest House. We got the trip to Luang Prabang (Loas) booked up with the agent down the road and then had a final stroll around the market before heading back to re-pack the bags and get sorted for the two day boat journey that lay ahead of us. Yes, that's right - two days on a slow boat down the Mekong River! At about 10am we climbed on board the air-con miniva...