Friday 15th June We arrived in the border town of Huay Xia very blurred eyes and hopped onto a tuk-tuk. No one had a clue where they were going so I asked to be taken to Sabadee (hello in Lao) Guesthouse. It was pretty cheap for the both of us and it was actually an ok room! We showered and went out for breakfast and then go to the office to pay for our trip tomorrow. We also booked the bus to Chiang Mai for the day after we returned. Most people get to Chiang M...

Monday 11th June We had to wake up early, Stu was feeling hungover, I enjoyed this lots! We checked out and ordered breakfast. We had to wait for our pick up at 11 am, for our bus, thinking this is Laos it will be late and had a leisurely time. Our pick up came at 10:30!!! Luckily we were already up and ready, we packed our breakfast into a box and jumped on the tuk-tuk. The bus actually left on time, shocking I know! The road to Luang Prabang was possibly t...

Friday 8th June We woke up and got ready for our pick up at 10:30am, which was by Laos's standards, late! We got dropped off at our bus, which was empty. An hour and a half passed before we actually got moving…! Before long we were shifting through mountains towards Vang Vieng. It was a pleasant journey as Laos is extremely beautiful! It was raining, a lot, luckily the roads held out!! We finally arrived in Vang Vieng and it was raining…! We wandered roun...

Monday 4th June We got woken up by the driver and urged to get out of the bus, it was 6:15 am and I was tired, and I jumped off the bus and walked. We walked past a dead border control and stood at the other end waiting for the staff to start working! We had to pay $1 for an exit stamp…hmmm…doesn't seem right, but we paid it and were on our way through no man's land. It was a long way to walk through no man's land! We finally found a border looking building...