VIETNAM (Hanoi: the capital city)   My feelings for Vietnam have somewhat been tainted due to the fact that when I was to arrive at the airport from ny flight from Luang Prabang in Loas, I was approached by a taxi driver who asked me where I wanted to go: I told him the name of the guesthouse where Phil was staying, and he agreed to take me there for like $10. Howvere, on the way, he said that I was required to pay the government toll tax before we could en...

OK...so since I last updated my journal I have done so much. So I shall start from where I last left off from Vientiane.     Me and Phil took a bus from the capital of Laos (Vientiane) to Phonsovan, which took 8hrs and was the most random bus journey yet! We yook the local public bus, so me and Phil were the only two westerners on there. Half way through the journey, we stopped to pick up 2 Laos guys who were both carrying AK47s!!! Which we both found pr...

Well...just like always Im having such a blast! Feeling abit worse for ware this morn tho, cos last night my plan was to just ring my X boyfriend to ask him for the money that he owes me, but instead I asked this Loas guy if i could make an overseas call and actually ended up drinking Laos Laos Whiskey (which they make from sticky rice) and its f***ing POTENT!!! Anyway (to cut along story short) I went on the piss with 1 laos guy and three guys from Sweeden...

OK....so to sum up Laos: its fabulous. So much scenery, jungle, water and sun. Laos feels the hottest of the countries that we have visited so far, but that could possibly have something to do with the fact that the country is basically landlocked...but anyway the sun is nice, if not a little unbearable. The country is very undeveloped. And is famous for tradgically being one of the most bombed nations on earth! Therefore, it is abundently apparent as soon as u...

OK...So I finally left Chang Mai (Thailand) on the 23/3/07: to enter into Loas. Me and Phil spent about 2 days dloating on a slow boat up the Mekong River into Loas. Which is such a beautiful place. Basically Loas is what the northern part of Thailand used to be like (Chang Mai) 50yrs ago: it is a city- probably one of the smallest in the world-- and it is very undeveloped: there are constant power-cuts and the streets/roads/buildings are so basic. But despite t...