To Laos








I'm on a boat MF. For about 2 minutes. We get over the river to Laos, and while waiting for the slow boat it starts pissing down. The guy tells us sometimes, cos it's rainy season, when it rains they have to stop the boat and wait for the rain to stop. Also, theres a minivan going to Luang Prabang if anyone wants to get there quicker, for no extra charge. We look at the weather, we will only have 3 days in Laos if we boat, possibly having to stop for longer than it's supposed to take...hmmmmmmm man I really wanted to take the boat! But its currently pissing the hell down and we don't wanna get stuck and not have any time at all in Luang Prabang...and we will gaina n extra day too...So we cave and take the van.

Its supposed to take 8 hours getting us there at about 8. Little did we know, the worlds bumpiest, most pot holed road was waiting. Seriously, wear a sports bra if you ever drive this road. Its a main highway but it runs out of tarseal every 7 metres for a metre or so, holes galore. And wow, this part we are driving through is so different from any of Thailand we saw. Grass hut galore, but really odd cos they're all taking baths from a tap on the side of the road, but then they have T.Vs and cell phones. Mountianous views everywhere, on and off rain, oh and they drive on the right side of the road, something I didn't know till now. We stop for a break at 8.30pm...must be close right...wrong. 3 more hours...WHAAAAT! Lies! Trickery! But I guess we were going about 30ks the whole time. But ugh. Theres a broken down bus on our way too, poor bastards. We get to Luang Prabang finally, find a place, laugh at the little toilet a wee bit, and get some sleep.

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