A bumpy windy but relatively easy in comparison bus journey later we arrive at our home for the next few days "Sokdee Guesthouse" translated as cheers and lucky, a good omen we feel! Luang Prabang is a very sweet, very quiet national heritage town in direct contrast to the madness of Vang Vieng we have just left behind. Nestled alongside the banks of the Mekong and the Nam Khan river with rustic wooden buildings (every 2nd one a tour operator, restauran...

Our journey in was on the back of a pick up van style tuk tuk (I love the way that Asian countries have their own style of Tuk Tuk! I think Bmth should invent the convertible Tuk Tuk! It would be a hit for journeys back after a night out..) We unsurprisingly get dropped at a holiday resort that wanted our business, but it's expensive and we know that Vang Vieng is really cheap so we trudge wearily towards town in search of our own accommodation. We go on for what...

So this is where the North Vietnamese really start to annoy me ( I think Hanoi was named by tourists as the people here 'Hanoi' the hell out of you…) As we step on our 24 hour bus - yes a whole night and day on the same bus - half way down we find a row of seats with tons of legroom. "Too good to be true!" one voice is telling me, "Sod it, there's legroom, sit here!" says the other voice, so we did. More westerners get on and are all directe...