Andrea: "I think I could swim that." "I could definitely swim that." "What would we do with the bags?" "Couple of trash bags would work." Five further minutes of deliberation ended with us forking over the money for a boat to ferry us across the 100 meters of Mekong River that separates Thailand and Laos. More money forked for visas and we were officially in the border town of Huay Xai, searching the dusty roads for a guest house. We immediately found a suitable ...