After a fairly easy border crossing I was pleased to be in Laos. Immediately the atmosphere seemed to change, everyone including ourselves are more relaxed and looking forward to the days ahead. We spent four nights at Luang Namtha. A small chilled out town in the north. A few of us hired bikes and biked to the local waterfalls. As I was in control of the only map and wanted to go a bit further we I used my old running tricks and added in a 20k detour. The rest only realised when it was too late although I think Dennis cottoned on. We did finally make the waterfall after a bit of grumbling from Simon, who now hasn't be able to sit down for a week! The next couple of days saw a group of us take on a trek up a rather steep hill, stay overnight in a local village and kayak 20k the next day. This also included being forced to drink Lao whisky by the guide! An excellent experience ( not the whisky) to get away and sample local life. A two day stop in the next town saw me hire a bike again, this might be a recurring theme, and wizz past some of the local villages. This part of the world is amazing scenic, stunning mountains, fast flowing rivers, it's got the lot. It's also an adventure playground where you can cycle or trek to your hearts content, suits me!




Currently in Luang Prabang via a 6 hour longboat ride. It's full of westerners but again the bike has come to my rescue and I've escaped into the hills. Wish I'd had some brakes though, some of those down hills are a bit scary! It's a very cool, funky place as they say. Full of Wats and sights to see and again very scenic. It does keep raining though.  It's Kays birthday tonight so a cheese and wine party is in order, very civilised!