Herro! We shall begin with the highlight of our stay in Vang Vieng, Tubing. Yes, it was tubing and not eating, for a change. Tubing involves sitting yourself in an inflated tractor tyre inner tube and floating down the Mekong River. Along the way there are conveniently located riverside bamboo bars. These bars have good food, good alcohol and VERY LARGE trapeze-style swings over the river. We perfected the technique of swinging in tandem and both landing in the...

Hello journal. We made it to Laos! We've also made it back into shorts and t-shirts, leaving the snow behind us with China. We spent the last few days in China hiking along Tiger Leaping Gorge. Its the deepest canyon in the world. We're not sure what happened to the grand canyon when we were told that fact. So the walking was scenic, and the locals inbred and insane. Its a shame that for some reason they were constantly blowing up parts of the gorge, the...