Vansana Vientiane

... every time the bus turned right it felt like I was going to fall out, in fact a couple of times I came very close to doing so. This meant that I spent the entire 11 hour journey overnight wide awake, impressed I was not a lot.

We arrived in Vientiane at 6.30am and I was feeling very tired and snappy, but we managed to grab a taxi to take us into the centre of town. Once there we decided to check into the same hotel we had done previously as we knew what we would be ...

... 1500;תת לי, ביודע 97; שאין לי שום כוונה לבזבז עוד כמה ימים במשטר 92; המקומ 97;ת הסיני 14; בניסי 93;ן לח ...

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After an hour of walking circles with out eyes shut and trying to sit still we headed out for a whole group meal minus the swine flu victims. The restaurant was a good laugh and the food was of a high standard. After this we headed back to the hotel and the majority went up stairs to bed or to watch Rambo where as I got stuck with this.

Overall trip is going great, heading back to Thailand tomorrow and then down to chill on the beaches of koh toa.

... looking for but not finding stacks of shredded up paper, which replace the chalk spots towards the end of the hash. I got to the intersection that I thought would definitely have a pile of shredded paper at and it didn't. I was contemplating turning back and getting on the trail when Sir Cum Navigator's wife, Globe Twatter takes off for the finish line. I join her and we're dodging cars pulling out parking spots, motorcycles pulling out side streets, and people opening doors to get out of ...

... a glass of warm beer each with an ice cube in it. We graciously accepted. It wasn’t until a few moments later that we realised that we’d just ‘ordered’ a beer from a family picnic outing. “Dumb Tourists”! They didn’t seem to mind though and enjoyed our company for the remainder of the day. In fact, they wouldn’t let us leave! It was great fun hanging out with a local family and eating local Laos barbeque ...

... foul. Can't see how you can mess up noodles that much. Then I tried a battered sticky rice skewer which had been barbequed. Not quite sure in hindsight what possessed me to think it would be anything but disgusting. Which it was. All ended up going to a restaurant for food as we all chose pretty bad things to munch on. Today was a pretty full day because I've booked myself onto an overnight bus with beds (no seats whatsoever) heading far south ...

... where we had asked (normal) and found a guesthouse not in Lonely Planet that was cheap and comfortable (also normal). Youth Inn was attached to a coffee shop kind of place, sort of Starbucks with fresh smoothies and the like. But it was cheap, close to everything, and near the river - straight over which is Thailand!



We chilled out for a while and Pete was still feeling shattered from the journey - less sleep than me I think. I left him there while I headed ...

... before heading south to Malaysia. We are off to The Perhentian Islands (north east Malaysia) to do some diving, because of the weather systems on the west of Thailand and Malaysia (monsoon starts soon) the east coast is a better bet. The Malaysian Ringitt is one of the currencies that has dipped against the pound so we should be OK. Talking of currencies, how is it that the pound has dipped against a currency like the ...

... was very hot and the bus was not running. Two more minivan loads showed up including Luke, Holly, Lisa, Michael and Liam. Bill snuck back onto the bus and grabbed some water. He dumped it on Liam when he boarded the bus, "Happy New Year"! We caught up with them, Luke is feeling better and Lisa and Holly are hung-over today. Michael and Lisa found a place to party on the island until 4 am. Luke and Holly were briefly taken hostage after tubing. They stayed at ...

... thế là anh Việt cứ ngước nhìn lên trên cành cây, rồi giẫm phải bãi cứt. Hoá ra con khỉ trong tiếng Lào là cứt. Lại nữa, hai anh này cùng đi bắt cá, anh người Lào nhảy ùm xuống suối, chạm phải vật cứng, đau điếng. Anh cố nói lí nhí: cá to, cá to. Anh người Việt nh ...