Chang Mai and Laos

Hey All,

I got a night bus to Chang Mai from Bangkok. I met an English guy named Mike and we found a hotel in Chang Mai. We spent the day looking round Chang Mai. I came to the conclusion i wasn't going to stay as it was very touristy and the tours and treks expensive. We booked ourselves onto a slow-boat to Luang Prabang in Laos and left the following morning. We took a bus to the boarder where we stayed overnight and then crossed into Laos the next day. We met two more guys Robin from England and Scott from Australia. We got on the slow boat and travelled for 6 hours stopping for the night in some jungle town along the Mekong. The views were beautiful as the sun set over the Laos architecture of the village. The trip was good fun and I met lots of interesting people. The next day we arrived into Luang Prabang in the evening and I was so amazed by how pretty the city is. it really is an awesome place, the buildings are beautiful and the food is very very good. I think i could stay here indefinitely. We visited the Kungsi waterfall during the second day, but a freak shower soaked us on the way there. It was very nice as you could jump off trees into the fall. We met a load of people in the bar later that night and went to this really cool bar called Utopia overlooking the Mekong. The food and drink in this place are the best i've come across on my trip...We had agreed to go bargain to go Kayaking the following morning at 8.30 which we did with sore heads. We had enough people to make the trip cheap, so we went. The weather was lovely and it was suns out guns out for the afternoon. Tomorrow we are going to head to a cave and then the next day head to Vang Vieng. I want to go trekking at some point but I figured I would relax another day or two; a very Laos sentiment. I'm excited that Jen will soon be out with me and that it's my bday in a few weeks...Feel free to deposit donations into my account. Love to all xxx



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