Inspired by the surrounding scenery and relaxed feel of Luang Prabang, we decided to indulge the more intrepid side of our nature and sign up for a trek. A suitable program was found at 'Green Discovery', with the staff there reassuring us that we would have an English-speaking guide with us for the whole 3 day trip, along with a local guide on the trek itself. We would need to carry all our water for two days, along with anything else we felt we would need! Havi...

(Nat) For as long as I can remember, elephants have been my 'thing'. When you get asked the standard child hood questions, 'what is your favourite colour?', 'what is your favourite food?' etc, my reply to 'what is your favourite animal?' was always an instantaneous and emphatic 'elephants'!I had only ever seen them in zoos but I was fascinated by them and would love to read books or watch programmes about them.This love was only fuelled further by my first real e...

Sabaidee from Laos!Our second country already - how time flies when you are having fun! Last week, before leaving Vietnam, we spent 3 days cruising Halong Bay in the north-west, on a Chinese junk boat - by far the three coldest days of our lives!Having not really anticipated 'cold' much in Asia, we had not really packed for such eventualities.Everyone in the south warned us it would be "cooler" in the north but a drop from 32 degrees to 6 degrees rea...