Hey everyone, have just arrived in the capital of Laos known as Vientiane. Its very small and i reckon half a day on a push bike and this place will be ticked off. Left Luang Prabang on thursday after a relaxing day swimming in the mekong river with crista and mark and sight seeing on some bikes we had hired. Main tip would be not to ever order the 'meat paradise of Luang Prabang' when in a restaurant here! I mean im up for most things but when hungry a plat...

After a week of thai new years celebrations and the infamous water festival in chaing mai, woodsy and i were in search of a more relaxing land. This would come in the country of laos! After getting a 7 hour bus from chaing mai we arrived at the border crossing of thailand and laos called chiang kong! After an over night stay here we set off on a two day boat trip on a slow boat down the river mekong! On board we met lots of other travellers with similar (sam...