Lovely Laos

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Our first night in Laos was spent in the lowest budget accomodation, it was a wooden hut in the middle of an underdeveloped town, called Pak Beng, where our slow boat docked for the evening................. and we thought our last place was bad! Never the less the slow boat journey taking us through Laos was stunning, the endless view of green trees and mountain on top of mountain is very peaceful. On both days we had an 8 hour journey along the Mekong River, during which we learnt to train our bladders! The boat journey was long but pleasent and was full of 'farang's' (thai for foreign travellers).

We arrived on the 14 October at a lovely town called Luang Prabang and have both fallen in love with this town! We highly recomend Luang Prabang to everyone, its just so nice; its clean, great cafes serving delicious food, it almost felt like we were in a European city! While in Luang Prabang we went to visit the citys Wat, Phu Si, situated at the top of a hill over looking the town. We were hoping to watch a beautiful sun set, but the clouds spoilt our view. The following day we spend our day at one of the nearby waterfalls, the weather was great and the water was crystal clear and clean!

From Luang Prabang we took a 7 hour bus journey to Van Vieng, and when in Van Veing there is only one thing to do! Float along the Mekong River on an over-inflated truck tyre. It took us 1.5 hours to complete and it was quite daunting cos at the time there were only three girls floating along and trust us there was no one else around only the sound of the river, mountains and wildlife. The book guides are so right about Van Veing, as your evenings are spent sitting in cafes on large sofas watching repeats of friends.

Our final stop in Laos was its capital Vientiane. We managed to cover most of the cities sights by foot in a day. It was tough as it was sooo hot, but we aint complaining! Our thoughts on Laos are that we were not expecting alot but found its true beauty and we were pleasantly surprised!

Goodbye Laos and Hello Cambodia.....

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Comments

[Nina]

Lovely
Hey girls i think i will add this place to one of my must see and do places, it looks lavely ! Take care of yourselves Nina

[Ed]

Wow !!!
Hey what a holiday you girls are having. Love the pics keep them coming. Your not missing anything back home in UK, loads of rain and its starting to get cold.. Anyway have a fantastic time look forward to the next chapter of the ride. Cant wait, bye for now !! :-P

[Divesh Mistry]

Ezy
Hi girls Glad to hear you are having a good time and are safe. Looks and sounds amazing. Keep the snaps comming

[Anita Singh]

Hey there
Hey Neelu how I envy you....looks like your having a fab time out there. It's great to hear from you. What about the locals wink wink..any prospective hubbies for you to bring back home............life in the CCC is very quiet without you, you take care and keep sending the e-mails. Bye bye for now

[Anita]

POUTING
Why oh why can't I see the pics??? Just little red "X"'s in the corners of black squares..... *pout* Have fun in Cambodia and although you probably want time to go slowly..... I want it to fly by so that 1. You can come to Jeju Island and visit me (very excited after reading your mail about the cheap ticket) and 2. Kwon Seok and I will be on our way South to sit on long boats and float around in tyre trucks. Reading about your trip is getting my all antsy!! Anyway, stay safe and have fun on the next adventure.... Love and hugs xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo