I circle my choice on the small breakfast menu, French toast and honey with a coffee. Comes with a banana, a great coffee and a big smile from the chef. We hire mopeds for 70000 (£5.50) and head to Buddha Park 25k away. Vientiane is the quietest and most relaxed city I have ever been to. Not a lot of traffic and most buildings not extending above 2 storeys. The city breaks to fields and small buildings with the Mekong river on my right. Thailand is close en...

Alarm goes off at 3:20am. I wouldn't say I had a great nights sleep, with slight deafness in one ear still, I kept waking just in case I slept in. When I saw Craig, he was exhausted. Not a wink of sleep. Just outside his room there is a large dip in the floor, which may as well have been electrodes on his nipples. Bleary eyed we jump in the taxi, the Indian chap on morning shift cursing his rotten luck. The airport at KL hasn't woken up. On the security che...