Well!.... Going back to what we've been up to since my last blog.. Had another day of tubing with Andy and Kaylee, loads of fun and the day had a more successful ending this time as we got back befored dark! Although did have to run all the way from the river to the tubing station to get there in time to get the deposit back! We did it though! Tom lost another pair of sunglasses and this time his hat. At least he came back with his vest and a tube this time tho...

Hello!! We are now in Vang Vieng, tubing capital of the world!! We arrived on monday after a much more pleasant 6 hour bus journey, although the road was bendy and bumpy! Found a cheap but nice guest house and had a look around in the evening. Vang Vieng is very small but quite a party place! Anyway we had an earlyish night and yesterday morning went off to get our tubes! They were loaded onto the top of a tuk tuk and we were taken to the start, about 3km up t...

Since my last blog we have got the bus from Chiang Mai to the border, stayed there the night in a slightly dingy guest house and then went across the Mekong river into Laos. The plan was to get the slow boat down to Louang Prabang which takes 2 days with an over night stop. However we were spoken to by a travel agent who told us that because its the rainy season it can be dangerous on the river and could take more than 2 days as the boat has to stop in the rain...