Vientiane is a capital city that you would barely recognise as a city, let alone as a the central hub of activity! But because of that it is a very special place... We stayed with Greg in his beautiful house on the Mekong, having beers on the balcony watching the sunset, waking up to the sound of the monks collecting alms and singing on their way to the temples. It was a really lovely place to spend a week, or two! I received the care package from home - with ne...

Unfortunately for us, but fortunately for our livers, Reuben flew back to Bangkok and back to work leaving us in Luang Prabang. We stayed a couple more days here and sorted out the car a bit. Having decided that the food is so good and so cheap here that we won't be cooking probably for the rest of the trip, or at least until Australia, we donated the supplies we'd been carrying to our friend living in Phonsavan. As well as the cooking pot that we used only onc...