This morning saw me getting up at the crack of dawn to give Alms to the local Monks of Luang Prabang. The Alms ceremony is where the locals come together and present food to the monks of the town. They walk round the entire town collecting from people at 5 am. It was actually quite humbling to see them being presented with Alms and giving thanks to a community that takes care of them. It is a shame that some of the tourist offices take advantage of this and sell ...

I was having a good night's sleep in the guest house in Pak Beng until the Cockerel decided to start crowing about 4 am right through till when we left on the boat. Breakfast was a little strange but I braved the coffee, hearing that Lao coffee is some of the strongest I would find in SE Asia. Amy and I had breakfast early and the boys rocked up looking a little tired. I believe Connor got a little impatient with that Cockerel and said something along the lines o...