After an exhausting day tubing down the river sipping Laos beer (yes I know you all feel sorry for us!), we took a bus from Vang Vieng to Vientiane. Vientiane is the capital city of Laos, we thought we'd spend a couple of days here to have a quick look around and organise our route out to Cambodia. When we arrived the city was like a ghost town. Many of the shops were closed due to New Year and so we wandered around aimlessly for a while trying to figure ou...

OK, this picture isn't Vang Vieng but we haven't got any on the site yet and I liked it!We left Luang Prabang on the 15th and headed south to Vang Vieng, an uncomfortable five hour minivan journey. The journey was not only uncomfortable because we were not allowed air conditioning, but also because it was mostly through the mountains, so for five hours we were thrown from side to side as our driver sped through the mountains with sheer drops to the side o...

After the long boat journey we eventually arrived in Luang Prabang. Luang Prabang is renowned to be the most beautiful city in Laos. It is situated between the Mekong and the Khan river and the ancient city was awarded the UNESCO stamp in 1995. Due to the UNESCO status, new buildings have been limited and development must be inkeeping with the surrounding beauty.We arrived in Luang Prabang just in time for the New Year celebrations. Basically this involved throwi...

Leaving Chiang Mai on the 10th we headed to Laos, seemingly not too far away on the map and with relatively easy border crossings we thought. In reality though, the options for crossing into Laos are like choosing between a slow and painful death or a quick one.First of all you can fly from Chiang Mai to Luang Prabang, probably a short two hour flight and only about sixty pounds, but the downside to this is that the only airline who make the flight are Laos Airli...