26/04/2014

Cheked out. Bus came. Dude who kicked off before was on the bus, this time he was demanding a copy of his ticket after the conductor collected it. The bus was a mini bus, I jumped on last and thought it was full, when infact they have seats on the side which fold down into the isles. Ingenious. I was at the front meaning I could stretch my legs out too. Found awesome guesthouse with aircon dorm, free breakfast and pool table for £3. Nice and clean. There were also people from VV here.

Scoped out embassy. On the night we all went to watch the footy. They had knocked up a massive arena in a car park for the Chelsea Liverpool game. It was sheer madness. Big stage, lights, beer tents, tables everyone. Everyone was jeering and going mad. Was like being at a real footy game. Everyone was decked out head to toe in the strips! I met a Chelsea fan too, me and him and a good craic on. I wanted Liverpool to win but hey ho.

27/04/2014

Woke up early for the visa run and waited. Paid $70. Was to come back the next day. Went to an internet café and put my virus laden SD card into their computer lol. Maanged to upload the pics though. Happy! Got some awesome holy basil and pork dish with rice, one of my favorites of SEA but at £1 a pop that's expensive for India. There is no cheap for here in Laos.

28/04/2014

Got my free breaky again. Toast, jam and a banana. Played pool. Got visa. Went to some temple and palace. Got awesome street food. Found out Jonas was in town.

29/04/2014

Met up with Jonas the next day and we had a few games of pool. Got some skran after, went for a mooch to exchange some money and bought ticket out of here and chilled again at the digs. After spending 3 weeks rock climbing he said he was a bit demotivated to start travelling again. Said bye to Jonas one more time. Got picked up along with some other english folk en route and we all boarded our sleeper bus. It wasnt like in India with the sliding compartments, but more seats that were on the floor and recline a far way back, and your feet tucked in behind the chair of the next person infront. there was three rows and the beds were one on top of each other. The other people jumped for the top ones next to the air con vents. Haha bad choice I thought. I chose middle of the bus on the bottom, much more stable. It'll shake like hell where they were sitting. We drove round the corner and we all piled out at a petrol station, where more people slowly joined us, all tourists. There was an unexplained two hour wait. The drivers also piled loads of cargo on the bus. We eventually set off and it was really nice. There was multicoloured lights inside which gave off a nice feel, and I relaxed and listened to my Ipod. We had one/two stops on the night and I spent the reamainder of my Laos money. Sleeping was easy.