Fifty Third Stop The Gibbon Experience (Houay Xai) We arrived in Houay Xai on the 29th of July and started the Gibbon Experience the following day. The Gibbon Experience is set up by Echo warriors to raise money and protect the rain forest. There is a colony of six tree houses 150m above the ground connected by a series of zip-weirs and walking paths. It rained a lot when we were there which meant we didn’t get to see much wildlife, but the rain a...

Fifty Second Stop Lang Par Bang We arrived in Lang Par Bang on the 27th July. It was a nice little place but as we had to get to the Gibbon Experience by the 29th so we left for Houay Xai...

Fifty First Stop Vang Viang We arrived in Vang Veing on the 24th July. The bus journey was only 4 hours a massive improvement on the trip from Hanoi. The hostel we stayed in was really good. The rooms, little wooden huts which we shared with Jonahs, make up a small village. It was right on the river and has awesome views of the mountains in the back ground. The same group that had gone from Hanoi had traveled to Vang Viang. We had formed a good group and we...

Fiftieth Stop Vientiane We had heard absolute horror stories about the bus to Vientiane from Hanoi; 36 hours with no toilet breaks was the worst. However, it wasn't that bad but still the worst journey we have had to date. We got picked up at our hostel at 6pm on a mopped (with our backpacks on) and got delivered at a random street in Hanoi where we waited half an hour for a mini bus to give us a lift to the bus station. We met Lee and Tracy who we spent a lot...