Friday 3rd July 2009, Vang Viang-Luang Prabang. Today was travel day and another long one. We left our place in Vang Viang at 9:30am by tuk tuk to the bus station. The bus was meant to leave at 10am but it was nearer half past before we left. But the bus journey was meant to be 7 hours but we did it in 6, so not bad in the end. The whole journey was through the mountains so the scenery was amazing and so green!! It was lovely to see, well that was when we could ...

Monday 29th June 2009, Vang Vieng Today was our travel day from Vientiane to Vang Vieng. We left Vientiane at about 10am and arrived in Vang Vieng at about 13:30. We had paid for the VIP bus service but ended up in a mini bus. Not so comfortable but at least it can move a bit faster than a coach.Once in Vang Vieng we found accommodation on the river front. Originally we were going to look at a couple on the other side of the river but found out that each time yo...

Saturday 27th June 2009, Vientiane Another morning lie in, only this time with air-con, so much easier to sleep or at least pre tend sleep!! We were up about 10am ish and after dressing and sorting our washing out it was out to find the cheapest place to get it done. We were both desperately in need of some clean clothes so this was of major importance before anything else could be done!! The going rate was about 10,000 kip per kilo so we dropped it off with a p...

Thursday 25th June 2009 Today after we got up and sorted we decided to try and find the friendship bakery which is recommended in the lonely planet for Brunch. In theory it should have been very easy but in practice it didn't turn out to be so easy, the map in the lonely planet was incorrect and nobody seemed to know where it was so 3 hours after leaving the guesthouse we eventually found it and it was a big disappointment (so we were now having a late lunch)!! ...

Monday 22nd June 2009, Cambodia-Laos We left Ban Lung today at about 8:30am. Our 1st destination of the day was the Cambodian/Laos boarder. We had to get a local mini bus to Stung Treng, which is the closest town to the boarder. Both Ban Lung and Stung Treng are in the north east so it only took about 2-3 hours. Once in Stung Treng we transferred on to another mini bus which just had another 2 English people on it and then we were driven to the boarder about h...