After our quite epic trip of the kong lor caves, we moved onto the city of Pakse. Due to various roads being... Well not roads anymore we had to stay for 2 nights. We had curry and karaoke nights with the tour group and I sang wonderwall by oasis, much to the displeasure of the locals! We visited a couple of stunning waterfalls and I got soaked. We also had a tour by some crazy Dutch guy who took us around some coffee fields, talked about coffee, drank some... Yo...

We got into Vientiane, the capital of Laos. I decided to tale a stroll into the city, BIG mistake !! I was wondering why some locals were sticking big umbrellas by the roadside... Then I realised as I got caught up in a tropical thunderstorm! I took shelter under the nearest umbrella and got chatting to the dozen locals that were also there, having a syndicate when the rain would stop! It stopped after 45 minutes, and I decided to head back to base after a cafe r...

After 2 weeks in northern Thailand, it was finally time to say goodbye to this amazing country. I joined the pre-booked stray tour at Chiang Mai and our first destination was the White Temple at Chiang Rai, interesting enough place with a gold built building next door housing just toilets! We then went onto Chang Khong, the final port of call and stayed in a guesthouse overlooking the Mekong River. In the morning we walked down to the crossing point and a long ta...