Hi everyone, The evening we returned from our boat trip we washed and changed and went out again for supper. It has to be said that the selection of places to eat is somewhat limited but we managed to find a very decent family run restaurant and also managed to eat there for 3 nights on the trot. Kerstin and Toni were very kind to me and we enjoyed all our time together, they are alot of fun and I was lucky to have met them. That evening we were discussing pla...

Hi Everyone, You may recall that I was on a river boat with my friends Kerstin and Toni, visiting the area of Laos known as 4000 Islands, having visited the waterfall of Li Phi, we got back on the boat and crossed the Mekong again to visit Khone Phapheng falls, we backtracked to a point on the east side of the river where we were to be picked up by a mini van. We negotiated more of the Islands before entering a more open part of the river and then mooring up at ...

Hi everyone, Sorry for the delay but the last time I posted this Blog I got kicked out by the system I was on and lost the lot, so here goes again. I was still in Pakse preparing to venture further South in Laos and visit the area known as 4000 Islands, the journey was going to be in two hops, first by mini bus and then a short boat trip across the Mekong to an area known as Mueng Khong. This stage of my trip meant that I was saying goodbye to the final member ...

Hi Everyone, First let me wish you all a very Happy New Year, I am still on the catch up with these updates but I am getting there! We had just endured one of 'Those' journeys which anyone who has been to Laos will empathise with. Vang Vieng was not my favourite place, it struck me as nothing more than a backpackers resort with the only real activity being floating down a slow moving river in a lorry tyre inner tube, getting drunk, taking drugs and getting ripp...

Hi Everyone, Oh you lucky people, two Blogs in one day! We left Luang Phrabang and so began an arduous journey, a full days drive to Phonsavan (spell it as you like, I've found three versions in as many minutes) over poor roads which tested your travelling resolve to the absolute limits. We had a small mini van and had been joined by an Aussie called Dean, a nice guy who hailed from Melbourne and a French girl, Delphine from Marseilles. So 7 of us plus luggage w...