Making tracks on the tracks of Laos

Spending an extra day lazing and eating and sleeping and floating downstream on tubes and cycling to pretty waterfalls on the remote Laos island of Don Det has meant we must now make tracks quickly...from the south to the north of Laos. There is so much to see and do in the next week or so as we explore this country, many many other travelers we have met going the opposite way to us rave about Laos and already i can see why. The Laos people are so laid back and their country has a dusty beauty...green fields dotted with calves and piglets, much loved puppies scamper down dusty backlanes. 'Roads' are actually tracks and no one seems to care. The food is fresh and full of seafood straight from the Mekong. So far we've experienced much less hassle than in other SE Asian countries we've been to...in fact, on Don Det, it was sometimes quite a job to get the shopkeepers or the waiters out of their hammocks for some service....definitely a change when you are used to people clamoring for your dosh.

So another overnight bus is in store for tonight. No big deal for us now as they are almost a second home - for better or for worse. We will spend a day in Vientaine, the capital city of Laos before making our way up to Vang Viene...another backpacker mecca for it's bars and tubing, but also for it's beautiful caves which we may or may not see, depending on the bars and the tubing.... ;-)

Time is running out now. Our trip will end in 4.5 weeks. I'm excited, SO excited to get back to England and play with my friends again...but how will I cope after being 'home' a month or 2...I worry about my perpetually itchy feet and wish there was a cream I could pick up at Boots to solve this problem. Apparently there's not any treatment for wanderlust apart from saving up the cash and hitting the road again. Already we are planning our next trip. It's an addiction.

But, for now, we must take each day as it comes and appreciate where we are today and where we will be tomorrow....

Stay tuned. xxx