Laos - Vang Vieng (4 - 8 June)

Back in lovely Laos after a marathon 24hr bus trip from Hanoi. A few late night stops on the way for the crew to tinker with the engine (or stash stuff to take over the border) the bus was piled high with boxes all over the place, but it made a nice bed to sleep on. On the Laos side we kept having to stop to tow another bus up the hills.

Vang Vieng: backpacker town surrounded by dramatic mountains and caves and rivers and stuff. Went tubing down the river - riding in an inflated tractor tyre inner tube. Some seriously heavy afternoon monsoon downpours are livening things up a bit. All the cafes/restaurants/bars here play films and stuff and 3 of these places all next to each other play Friends over and over, all day. Noooooo! (Rory) Yessss! (Caz)