How long does it take to cross a border from Laos to Vietnam? Well for us - 4 DAYS!!! Mainly due to the fact that someone thought it would be funny to sell us a bus ticket for a bus that didn't exist!! This meant we were stuck in Phonsavan - THE dullest place on the face of the Earth! But, we finally made it accross and into country number 7! The first major stop was the capital, Hanoi. We spent 2 days looking for a museum which, when we did eventually find woul...

From Four Thousand Islands we took the BED BUS (yes you read that correctly - see photo) to Vientiene (the capital where we hung out for a day) and then to Luang Prabang. We had an action packed few days which started with a trip to Elephant Mahout Training College! We spent 2 days with the most gorgeous female elephants which had been rescued from a horrible life with the illegal loggers in Laos. We were lucky enough to learn to ride on the neck, take them int...

We crossed the border into Laos after a 10 hour bus trip on the most uncomfortable bus ever. We caught a glorifed canoe with a hairdryer for an engine to Don Det, one of the small islands on the Mekong at the very bottom of Laos. The island was literally a mud track that had about 10 guest houses, restaurants, a couple of shops and electricity was only on for 3 hours a day. We had heard that beer lao was the local delicacy so we tucked into a few bottles with our...

After 2 and a half months away we finally hit the beach. We were eager to get the bikinis on, pull up a sun lounger and have a chill out after all our hectic sightseeing. However, our skin is super sensitive to sunlight thanks to the malaria tablets we are taking. You know what's coming...... after only an hour in the sun we were the colour of lobsters!! Well, all except for our eyes as we had decided to keep our sunglasses on and now sport the most incredible pa...

We arrived in Phnom Penh after an interesting bus journey from Siem Reap. The mix of Cambodian karaoke (played at deafening volume from the bus TV) and our neighbour eating deep fried crickets like sweets made for a memorable experience! The city is pretty well developed with lots of new buildings and we made our way by tuck tuck to the lakeside backpcker area. The main reason to visit Phnom Penh is to learn about the terrible history of the Khmer Rouge occupati...