Just arrived in Pakse on our way to Don Khong Island (one of the '4,000 islands' on the Mekong River). So an update will appear later.

Wow - just had a bus journey and a half. From Luang Namtha to Luang Prabang it took nearly 11 hours as the road goes up and down and round and round as it winds through mountainous and beautiful scenery. But it was tiring only helped by me singing - the wheels on the bus go round and round ..................Took us 11 hours on a very hot, dusty and bumpy mountainous road and it was dark when we finally arrived in Luang Prabang (LP), but it was worth it for the fa...

On 5 November we leave China crossing the border into Laos and Luang Namtha where we'll stay for a few days to soak up the relative peace and quiet of the country.6 Nov update:  Arrived late yesterday after a very tiring and long bus journey from Jinghong then a change at Mengla (where we rode through town on motorised wheelbarrows) to a small bus for an even more tiring and dusty ride to the border.  The scenery was magnificent following the L...

Our last stop before crossing into Laos.

We've managed to grab a bit of log on time (it's 12:30 in the morning and we need to go to bed because we've a long journey tomorrow over the border to Laos) but are taking this opportunity to update the site. Sorry if you're having your dinner but we meant to mention some unmentionables!! Toilets so far have been OK - some great others generally acceptable and some downright awful!! One at the Great Buddah park in Leshan was a real stinker - gents and ladies) a...