we arrived on Friday afternoon after another bumpy bus ride but this time only 3 hours. Pat (our tour guide) was commended for her choice of hotel for us, this was a first. although when opening the curtains in our room to see out view over the river (we were at the river side hotel) we found a brick wall. Considering Vientiane is the capital of Laos, we spent the majority of our time sitting in the lobby using the free wifi or eating. Our time was sometimes mor...

We get up to leave Luang Prabang in the morning and head to Vang Vieng, and to our surprise the little witch of a guest house owner has done a 180 and is the cheeriest woman alive! She offered us water and told us to wait for a tuk tuk! The tuk tuk comes and to graces horror half way through the journey to the bus stop she gets told to move from one side to the other because it was leaning one way too much! Great! I see Laos are as bad at Thailand when it comes t...

After having a much needed shower and catching up on our sleep we set out for some food and a wonder around the town. We thought we loved Chiang Mai but we REALLY love LPB. it has such a lovely chilled out atmosphere and the location is beautiful. And to top it off the two local specialities are coffee and baguettes!! there are bakeries everywhere, amazing. The huge baguettes and heat took its toll so we headed back to our guest house. Our room is like a cabin in...