We got to the South bus station in Luang Prabang at half 7 to find a VIP bus to Vientiane leaving at 8am. Perfect. It wasn't the best bus journey to say the least. We had seats in the bottom, which wasn't too bad but you couldn't stand up straight, so you literally had to crawl in and out every time we stopped. Richards seat was broken and kept flying backwards. Behind him a Lao woman was making the most disgusting noises and it turned out she was bei...

We’re now in one of the few remaining communist countries in the world, the People’s Democratic Republic of Laos. I’m fascinated by this, to see how life is for people in a communist country, especially as I think that in a few years there may be none left. I think it’ll be interesting even just reading the newspapers, as they’re state controlled. We’ll also get the chance to see another communist state in a week or two when we...