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 camera died after being splashed with water/ getting mauled by a bear in Luang Prabong/ general wear and tear) Next we headed to a place called Bolaven Plateau, which was a remote little spot by a waterfall, where the population of goats, ducks, bulls, geece and pigs is higher than the population of people. Quite a sweet little viallage really. After Bolaven Platau we made our way to Don Det, which is a little island in the south of Laos. The place was cool cause we befriended loads of people there, but a bit pants cause they only have electricity between 7pm and 10pm. This proved to be great fun on our first night. We ventured into one of the little bars for some beer Laos (Not much else to entertain us in the evening) and Dean managed to drop and break our torch (Though,in his own version of events, he claims that 'we' dropped the torch, but this a lie) This meant that we had to try to find our way back with just a lighter (plus it was raining) We got completely lost and feared we would have to sleep outside with the farm yard animals, but luckily we were rescued by our guesthouse owners who escorted us home... only for Dean to realise he'd left our key in the bar. Bloody men. During our stay in Don Det we took a boat trip to visit Asia's biggest waterfall, and the Irraway dolphins. Sounds such a beautiful and serene vision. We imagined tropical blue shores with dolphins diving in and out of the waves. In reality, the dolphins live in a murky brown river. Still, it was cool to see them in the wild. We watched them from a distance of about 40m, as they dipped in and out of the water. Yesterday we moved to Don Khong, which again was another remote island. We hired bikes and explored, but there really wasn't all that much to see, so we ended up reading and chilling out most of the day. Today we travelled to Pakse, as we have a flight leaving here tomorrow for Cambodia, Well, best be off, Claire x