Well that was the worst bus journey to date, but in a weird way also my fave. Proof that I really can sleep anywhere, and also I know when I'm 80, thinking back it will bring a smile to my face. So got taken to the bus station just after 6pm for my 7pm bus to Huay Xai, where the Gibbon Experience is. Loadssss of time, I thought. Well, a guy showed me straight to a minivan, which was about to leave and was very much full. And when I say full, I mean every seat w...

The journey to Luang Prabang, so glad I took a anti sickness tablet. We had to drive through a very large mountainous area. So at some points, it was so bendy, it felt we were doing full circles, up so high my ears had popped. You can imagine my amazing view though. We drove through so many tiny villages, in the most basic conditions I've seen yet this trip. In most of them, there was a communal hoes pipe outside where people we showering. The journey was meant t...

Well my birthday, as hoped for, was amazing. Definitely will not be forgetting that one in a hurry. Was so nice having good weather for a birthday. Tubing got the better of Charlotte though and we ended up putting her to bed early. But Cat and I had dinner and ended up in a club. Haven't been in a real club for sooo long. Wifi has been a bit of a night mare to get hold of, but did mange to speak to my parents on my birthday which was lovely. Yesterday was a ni...

It's my birthday!!!!!! Happy 25 years to meeeee :) So pleased I planned to stay here in Vang Vieng! It's such a beaut little place, way more chilled out than I thought it would be. Location is stunning, really really beautiful. Journey here was fun. Bus was well over booked, so in true Asia style they were putting people where ever they could. So I got to sit down stairs with the driver, in the co driver seat. The seat had its on suspension, so the bumps we...

So the flight was a good choice, super easy and landed in the capital, Vientiane, within an hour. Got my visa on arrival and was already taken back with how friendly everyone is. Normally people sat at passport control are right miserable, but these guys were so smiley. A very nice welcome to the country. Dropped off at the hostel, umm the hostel. Maybe the worse one I've been in. 50 people sharing two toilets, one of which is broke, not ideal. But it's in a gr...