Beer Lao, and other stories
Welcome to the next instalment of this here blog , our little labour of love. When we decided to write it we couldn't have comprehended quite how much time it was going to take us. Each post seems to take the best part of a day to put together, and then it can take the same again to upload on some of Asia's dodgy wifi connections. We're proud of it though, and that we've kept it going... even if we are always seemingly 3 or 4 weeks behind. So with that in mind, welcome to the-rest-of-Laos catch up post! Watch as we speed through our travels from Huay Xai (post Gibbon Experience) to Pak Beng, Luang Prabang, Vang Vieng and Vientiane. Hold onto your hats! That said, the first thing we did certainly wasn't speedy (so please feel free to loosen that grip on your bonnet), as we embarked on the 2 day slow boat down the Mekong river to Luang Prabang, with an overnight stop at the fairly nondescript Pak Beng. The scenery was breathtaking, the traveller company was fun (...