The bus is picking us up at 9:30am. I'm exhausted. Packing the remainder of my stuff is a slow affair. The large bus turns out to be a half empty minibus. The bus weaves up into the mountains. Some incredible scenery but sleep when you can applies on this journey. Craig plays Talisman, not possessing my mastery of uncomfortable sleeping. It takes around 8 hours with several pitstops. We choose the guesthouse Khammamy Inn with a rooftop terrace. We walk int...

We get up to go meet Jaidee. He had offered to take us on a trip where most people do not go. He is not ready so we go for lunch, watching one of the many episodes of friends. Heading back he unfortunately cant go. His sister was in a moped accident a few days back and he needs to go visit her. We finally buy our tickets to Luang Prabang and in between the rain I catch some shut eye. We find another restaurant by the river for some poor chicken and ribs. The...

Craig wakes me at 9am. We hire a moped to go looking for his go pro. The blue lagoon is a lovely swimming area with zip lines in the trees as an alternate activity. We dive down the 5 metres, clearer at the bottom looking but unfortunately fruitless. I had copied some of the videos to google drive but the memory card was priceless. I go for a nap as there are large rainstorms throughout the afternoon. We make plans to leave tomorrow. We find a restaurant ...

A bit of a lie in after last night and have missed breakfast. Craig has headed out. I type up some notes and in between one of the bursts of heavy rain, I head out to get some lunch. Sitting at the Bamboo Tree restaurant, I have a few banana shakes and a burger. I miss my next dry window and stay to type up my notes and watch the world go by. A great people watching location across from Central Backpackers. A lazy afternoon as the rain is continuous today. Cr...

We have breakfast at the back of the hostel, sitting on the raised cushions watching the mountain vista. A pancake and coffee waking me up. We enquire about tubing which seems to be the main event in this town and head back for a nap to escape the baking heat. We grab our tubes and get on one of the organised tuk tuks. Since being in this town it is a war zone on one level, mainly due to tubing. People limping, bandaged legs and arms, pink eye from the dirt...