27th Arriving on Don Det Island we headed off for "sunset" side, being romantics we are... Though it was far too cloudy for any sunset tonight. It rained on and off for a few hours, and we headed off for lunch. To a restaurant were the guy found everything funny, e.g. L ordering 1 beer... Had a strole around and got invited by some locals to join their party, but looked far too raucous and wasnt really in the mood. Spent the rest of the day in hammocks or hangma...

Grabbing a 7:45am minibus (going to 4,000 Islands/ Si Phan Don) from our hotel, I had a wee surprise. The lass sitting in the front seat was waving at me. Shouting "hey Tom." By jove it was Sarah. She was on her way to Siem Reap from Vientiane. So we teased her almost relentlessly about her new "boyfriend" for our entire 2,30 hour journey. Saying goodbye to Sarah exclaiming I would find her in Indianapolis and make her life hell again, we jumped onto our boat to ...

After being shaken awake by Larry, I didn't have a clue what was going on. It was 6:30am and the bus was stopped. We were in Pakse. We met the Dutch pair outside and after successfully negotiating our way around a persistant tuk-tuk driver we walked the half hour stroll into town. Finding a place L and I set off to get motorbikes. and by 9:30 am we had a bike and after persuading the woman I could ride a manuel bike (semi-automatic), I had a practise ride and L j...

With Sanne bashing away on our door we weerily awoke. Agreeing to meet up in half an hours time, we showered and compared our obtuse dreams, which seemed to be based around Laos type events. Sanne and Johannas bus was setting off at 12ish, so we headed off for our last meal together. With a choce of breakfasts from all corners of the globe - OZ, UK, USA, Japan etc. For the first time on our travels the rain fell at an inconvinent time. So getting a bit wet we wan...

Day 21 Day 22 Meeting up with the girls we got some bicycles. After a bit of hagling I got a girls bike because it had a basket on it. We set off, paying for a toll bridge, we crossed two rivers. The roads then got a bit more nasty. Large puddles, gravelly, rocky, no asphalt. And as my feet were messed up it was fairly hard going. Sanne showed us why the Dutch are known for their bikes as she was breezing through the roads. On the way we met a man who told us n...