Hello from Pakse, I realise that it has been ages since my last postcard, but this has been due to a) staying in remote villages with no internet conncetion b) remote villages with over priced internet connection. Well, after Vang Vieng we headed to the capital, Vientiane by Kayak (yes that's right, Kayak). We stayed overnight in Vientiane and didn't really get up to much exciting as I spent the entire time trying to buy a new camera (my previous ca...

Hello again, Just had to write another postcard as we've had such a good day! We've just been tubing down the river! ...Okay, so I guess most people don't have a clue what tubing actually is. Basically, you hire a big rubber dingy, a life jacket, then catch a tuk tuk (taxi type thing) to the top of the river then sit upon your inflatable and sail down stream. It was sooo much fun. As you sail along there are various stop points, where the Laos locals ho...

Hello, Well we have just arrived in Vang Vieng after a six hour journey in a mini bus. The trip up here was quite scenic really and we had great views over the mountains. Plus there were the odd batches of chickens/buffalo/pigs to be spotted along the way, and many young children waving to us from the doors of their little huts. Yesterday we took a tour to a really beautiful waterfall where we swam in the pools and got some excellent views. On our trav...

We made it to Laos! We set off yesterday on the bus from Chiang Rai to Chang Kong (They like their Changs over here; means elephant in Thai). We then caught the boat up to Pak Beng, which is a remote Laos village where they don't even have internet. Imagine that! (The Laos locals thought it was particularly hilarious when I asked where the internet was. They don't even have phone lines!) anyways, we stayed overnight in the village, before continuing on the b...