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Sine leaving Vientiane the bus has travelled through the south of Laos and visited some remote plaes where there are few tourists so I have been glad for our own bus. OUr first stop was Tad Leuk, where we camed right beside the waterfall and were joined my 2 travellers who were getting around in a converted Austrian military vehicle. It was a different sort of motor home for travelling. From there we went to Kong Lor & the 7km aves, which were mighty impressive & then we spent New Years Eve at a homestay in monkey village. We slept on someone's floor on mattresses & woke up in the morning to feed bananas to the monkeys.

Our onward journey was long but we eventually reached Tad Lo & the waterfall after dark so we only got to see it in the morning. BUt then we had a relaxed trip to Paxse stopping off to see Mr Coffe for sampling & a tour of the coffee making process. We also stopped at Tad Yeung & Tad Fane, 2 very different waterfalls before relaxing with a cocktail in the rooftop bar at Pakse. OUr last stop in Laos was Don Det, the 4,000 islands, which was very chilled. I stayed there an extra night so I had to say goodbye to the group, which was sad. I hired a bike to cycle to the southern most tip so that I could see Cambodia across the Mekong.

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