Finally in Laos, we spent another tedious 24 hr bus trip, travelling to the north of Laos, fairly near the Chinese boarder. All in all this meant a total of about 36 hours sitting cramped in rickety old buses. Although highly uncomfortable, we felt it best to get it all over and done with in one go. A huge compensation was the fact that Laos is absolutely breath taking! The land is so mountainous that the roads are windy and poorly kept, which is why the journeys take so long. All we passed was thick jungle, forested hills and villages made entirely out of bamboo..not a brick in sight. Luang Nam Tha is a fairly small, picturesque town in northern Laos. We had planned on doing some trekking, as it is highly recommended from there. Sadly
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