Villa Kang Khong Muang Khong

... of the day up until about 1700 was spent in the crazy Australians bakery eating some of the best donuts ever made.<br><br>We went around to a place that used to be known as Noy's guesthouse for dinner, it's in a prime spot right on the North Western edge of the Island and has mad sunset views, we spent a bit of time talking with the Belgian owner who does indeed serve the coldest beer on the Island.<br>

... one hassling us! It&#8217;s a teeny place with loads packed in (mainly restaurants and guesthouses). We checked in to Mr Mo&#8217;s based purely on the name with a room overlooking a farmyard. There was a sign up in our room &#8220;power on 6pm to 10.30pm&#8221; so we quickly got an idea of what this place would be like! <br><br>We went for lunch and found a lovely looking river-side restaurant. The ...

... saluting our foolishness at walking over 2k's up a main rd during peak hour, I forgot to mention Bec got stacked into by a scooter on the way as well, although I think the 2 young girls riding were more frightened than us!<br><br>Anyway, we got the money 2 Million Kip, yep officially Millionaires! but I look down at my watch to see that it's 0715, it looked like we were missing out on breakfast until one of the crazy Pakse style Tuk-Tuk's rocked up. These ...

... bigger, the decks along the shore looked newly painted and the umbrellas were not so worn by the sun as they could've been. We had some lunch then decided to take a shower and have a little nap 'till around 4 O'clock when the sun wouldn't be so intense. We got up and rented a couple of bicycles to ride around the island for a while.<br><br>What took place on this short little tour was really quite simple but nothing less than amazing for ...

... br><br>The Spaniards<br>My bungalow for the first two nights on Don Khon was perfect, except for one thing: my neighbours. They were a young Spanish couple who had apparently brought their own sound system. Which they used to play music until late at night. I guess they thought this masked their moaning and other noises I really didn't want to hear, but what can you do, those cute, charming bamboo huts are as soundproof as ...

... br>From Luang Prabang we had a 5-hour adventurous "minibus" ride through the mountains to a tiny town called Vang Vieng, famous for their river tubing! With Liv and Tim we had a go and spent a nice afternoon on the river. They have pubs set up in the trees with zip lines, swings, slides, and they literally throw a bottle on a rope out to you and pull you in. Kristian had a good go at the swing and ...

... island about 6 hours and 12 km later, had a beer and got on with it.<br><br>Because of our relative but not complete success the first day, we decided to change positions for the next day. Not as long and should be OK - we thought. This trip was full of thoughts!!! Anyway, I couldn't steer to save my life and Niall kept having to help which infuriated me more cos I couldn't do from the back what Niall wasn't meant to be able to do from the front. But still we ...

... vast fields of rice in various stages of growth, tarps of harvested rice laying on the asphalt to dry, and smiling, waving kids. For lunch, we stopped at a small two-table restaurant occupied by a half-dozen jovial Lao men and women. We were promptly offered shots of lao-lao (rice whiskey), which was pretty powerful. A few minutes later we were served bowls of rice noodles with beef and liver chunks. We ate between ...

... name was 'Thousand Colour Islands', a name that has become lost in translation. We travelled with Vim, a Dutch guy we met on our trip to the Bolaven Plateau yesterday. We found a nice cheap guesthouse and then rented bikes for the rest of the day. We cycled along the road that leads all the way round the outside of the island, I think it was about 30km in ...

... monks and locals would laugh at us.. <br><br>Then the next night, Baba took us on quite the excursion. We left at 7pm (dark) with a few bikes in the boat, and headed out with only our headlamps. we knew nothing more. After the hour long boat ride (in really shallow water) clutching to the sides of the boat, we arrived at a nearby island. we took a couple more dozen shots of lao-lao whiskey and then took a 30 minute bike ride in the dark on narrow rice paddy trails (which matt ...