So our time in Laos where coming to an end and we where trying to get to the border to cross to Thailand. Easily enough we found a friendly Laos man that said he will drive us to the border in his 4x4 Nissan. We knew the road was rough and still being built but nothing could prepare us for the day ahead. The first couple of hours went fine...little slippy in the mud here and there. We reached a small hill where a local bus was stuck (for the last 14 hours) in the...

To top off our adventurous travels in Laos we headed for the far east of Laos to a town called Louang Namtha. Here we booked a 2 day trek to the jungle and a home stay at a traditional Lao village. The first day we walked for about 6 hours through rough jungle terrain with lovely fauna and flaura. All went well until we came close to the wet areas of the jungle. What is in a jungle where it is nice and moist and humid....LEECHES!!! Bloody hell!! We where all atta...

We travelled north to the city of Lauang Prabang which is a World Heritage site. The town is beautiful with French-Indochinese architecture, rich in culture and sacred Budha images. It's the most Lao city in Laos with a distinctly village like feel. we stayed on the Mekong river with amazing sunset views. The food was fab and the mile long night market was filled with traditional arts, crafts and everything Lao. We found a small cinema where you we hired the room...

Our next destination was the spectacular limestone mountain valley of Vang Vieng. We stayed in the most amazing bungalows right on the Nam Xong river overlooking the impressive mountains. A morning dip in the clean river waters was a must and we spent 4 glorious days here with our new mates. We visited caves in the surrounding areas and was directed to a cave by a French man where we hired bikes. The journey there was the longest and most tiresome journey to a n...

Laos capital is Vientiane. It is a small little town with not one high rise building...that is what makes Laos such a unique country. We stayed here for three days where we visited the placid Buddhist monastery Wat Sisaket. It has over a thousand ancient Buddha statues. We also went to a Hindu Buddhist Fantasy Park - a very strange set-up of a combination varying in size Buddha statues scattered around a green park...weird! That night we met up with both the coup...