March 13th (Friday) - Day 13 - Vientiane We met Jess at half 9 as he was walking through town.He showed us a few sites and left us at the day market. We had a wander around the market and brought a few things. We wandered up to the Putuxing and walked up to the top. It was built from concreate given to the country by the US to build an airport. Instead they started to build this but never finished it. After a wander around we dumped our shopping at the hotel and...

March 10th (Tuesday) - Day 10 - Luang Prabang Breakfast was delivered to our balcony so we sat outside on the cusions while we ate it.We headed into town and went to the arts and culture museum.The place was really good but the guide went on a bit. We then had an hour in a jumbo to our destiniation. If I have not said what a jumbo is; its a pick up truck that has seats in the back. So needless to say it was slightly uncomfortable after an hour. However it was wo...

Marth 8th (Sunday) - Day 8 - Mekong and PakbengFloating down the Mekong River. Best day so far (and we get two days of it!) We woke up early for Breakfast. What i got was a chicken bagette. Was odd but still nice. We walked down to the river where a huge number of boats where waiting. All with varying levels of luxury. We got on a mid range one. It was about 50 metres long and 3 metres wide. The bridge was at the front and the engine was at the stern. We set sail...

March 7th (Saturday) - Day 7 (Part 2) - Huoy XaiCrossing the river to Lao was great fun! The river was over 200 meters wide. The problem was I jumped off the boat on the other side and my bag broke. The right shoulder strap buckle gave way. Not even 7 days old...It fell to the floor and almost went in the river. We walked up towards Huoy Xai. We had to buy a visa to get in the country which with a broken sandy bag is stressful, but as soon as we cleared we could ...