Basically i had the best day EVER today!!!! After a lot of confusion last night, we eventually booked a boat tour and 3 kayaks for (after the bumpy bike ride yesterday i was in no shape for kayaking! John ended up teaming with Oliver, whose girlfriend - Lisa - was also pretty sore lol). Actually paying was a bit of a hassle too, because it seems like a lot of Lao people have difficulties with basic math, like adding etc. which is a problem when it comes to paying...

I am in love with Laos already! We crossed the border from China into Laos by tuktuk early today, and arrived at our bright blue guesathouse around lunchtime. We pretty much have the entire house to ourselves, so in the afternoon we dragged the couches outside onto the balkcony, everyone gathered around drinking "Beer Lao", exhausted after our bike ride. We rented mountain bikes for the day (quite a step up from our Japanese bikes) and rode through our...