28th March Another early start as a tuk tuk is coming to pick us up at 8.30am to take us to the bus station for our minibus to Vang Vieng. In true Laos time fashion the tuk tuk turns up late. Nevertheless on goes our baggage and ourselves. The driver gets to the end of the road and then stops and gets out, chats to some guys for five minutes, and then sets off again. We then go round the corner to pick up some more travellers (Becks and Tim) who were some really nice Brits who are on a ten month honeymoon, backpacker style. It's only 5 more minutes before we have stopped again, and again the driver gets out, has a wander, does some business, chills out, then we are moving again. 5 more
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