We decided to explore the "city" today. After a "sleep-in" (till 9 o'clock!!! woweee) we walked back to the night market area, which was all packed away, revealing the steep stone step[s up to Mount Phousi (and yes, it is pronounced the way you think it might be). Initially the steps were congested with children selling bracelets and old women selling ornage flowers, incense, and little wooden cages with twitering birds inside. Although it did...

So most of our day was driving through the curvy mountains road (actually as far as I could tell there was just the one long road. We passed through a few towns, and many villages, each with the same, slow Lao way of life. The Lao people are very relaxed and laid back, like they all possess one speed only. This is great most of the time, though apparently infuriating in emergencies lol. The villages and the landscape mostly looked the same - gorgeous 100% - and I...