- After a very uncomfortable/cramped 'sleep' we arrived at a bus station and with everyone as confused as one another we all collapsed on chairs waiting an hour for a separate bus to take us down to where we were to catch the boat over to the islands. - - The next bus took about 4 hours an then we were able to hop onto a long tailed boat which took us over to Don Det. This tends to be the most popular island amongst backpackers as it tends to have more places t...

Vientiane can pretty much be summarised as a quick stop in the city purely to see if I could find a camera charger. - - All the locals recommended trying at a Russian Market which specialises in random electronic crap. And sure enough....they had one!!!! - - I had gone with the view that I'd be bitterly disappointed, so when he pulled out an Olympus charger that worked I was jumping up and down! With hindsight I should have played it cool because now he knew ...

After a long, over heated drive we finally reached Luang Prabang in the late afternoon. This is predominately a backpacker town where the main attractions are 'tubing' and partying. - -Tubing is basically when you sit in a massive tyre inner tube and float down a winding river with the current. On either side of the water are bars and as you float past they throw a rope out to you and pull you in and give you a free bracelet and try to get you to come buy drink...

The next couple blog entries are a week or two behind so I will just bullet point what we did! - - LUANG PRABANG - - All eight of us caught a mini bus from Chiang Mai up to the border, stopping at Chiang Rai on the way to see the White Temple. - - We stayed the night here at the border at 'bang hostel'. Becca and I went for an explore and came across a bicycle museum (!) which we went in as it was free and there was nothing much more I do there. Next door ...