We extended our visa for an extra week for some serious relaxation in the very south of Laos, a collection of 4000 islands in the Mekong - 'Si Phan Don'. After a long tuktuk ride and short boat trip we arrived at the biggest island - Don Khong. continuing as we have in laos obystaying by the river - All the small villages on the largest island are on the outskirts of the island whilst the centre is reserved for rice paddies and farmlands. We hired a motorbike ...

Champasak - another highlight of Laos (are they all highlights?!) Riverside village, hammocks at sunset and more bike adventures!! A 20km round trip to Wat Phou,the only Khmer ruins outside of Cambodia, and a national heritage site. Unrelenting burning sun wit no shade to hide in pouring with sweat and severly dehydrated we arried at the delapidated ruins of the once grandiose temple. many, many steps later we arrived at the top, with an impressive view of the me...

the winding spiralling journey through the Laos highlands from Luang Prabang to Vang Vieng has to be one of the highlights of our Laos experience. The scenery was so beautiful, I took photographs but didnt keep them as they really couldnt do the place justice! Te rilling hills looked like giants sleeping under a myriad of green patchwork blankets! Almost vertical rice fields, I'm amazed at how anyone can climb the hills, let alone farm on them! People of all ...

LAOS! through sheer laziness and being super busy we have not put a blog up for 2 weeks so here it is! First experience of Laos was oue slow boat down the Mekong River, the largest river in SE Asia which spans the length of Laos and we spent two very cramped, hot, intense but enjoyable days on a boat stuffed to the rafters with people from all around the world and many hmong hilltribe people - luckily we avoided the wooden benches and opted to sit with the locals...