Laos has been absolutely incredible, we’ve done so many things like living in the jungle, visiting the Elephant Conservation Centre, and seen amazing waterfalls, pretty much all the surface level fun on offer to tourists. The deeper level of Laos came to light after visiting the COPE centre in Vientiane, Read more…
A dodgy tummy meant a breakfast of Loperamide and water was my morning, followed by a bus ride down to Vientiane, the capital of Laos. DODGY! Vientiane gets bad press from travellers but it’s an okay place to chill before going to the airport! We checked into our hotel (hotel Read more…
For our last full day as the awesome foursome we decided to visit the Poukham caves and blue lagoon. The hike up to the cave entrance was very steep and involved using hands and feet to get up. Once in the cave we followed arrows that pointed out the path, Read more…
After leaving ECC we got on a bus to Vang Vieng. The experience was interesting for several reasons. Firstly, it took 5 hours which I didn’t believe when I first looked at the map, but the bus had to tackle numerous steep mountains in gear 1 for us to get Read more…
On Monday we (four of us) arrived at the Elephant Conservation Centre in Sayaboury for our two day discovery. To get to the forest we had a small boat take us across and upon arrival we spotted a few elephants having their bath. We were then brought to our bungalow Read more…
First things first, whilst the three of us got our beauty sleep, Beth took one for the team and got up at 5am to see the monks collect their Alms. This is where monks walk through the village to collect their daily meal from devotees. The picture below was taken Read more…
Woke up to the sounds of heavy rain which meant going to a spa all morning was completely acceptable. We went to Angsana spa and all had the ‘dreamy’ massage which is way more gentle than our previous Thai massages. I would fully recommend going here if the weather isn’t Read more…
Visited the Kuang Waterfalls which were gorgeous. Before getting to the main area we passed through the bear sanctuary, where Bears that have been rescued chill out and enjoy the wild again. It was very cute seeing them sleeping in hammocks and searching for their special treats. Super cute. The Read more…
Checked out of our hostel in Houay Xai to catch the slow boat down the Mekong River. We got a tuk tuk down to the port and headed onboard. Although we had ‘booked’ seats it was really just a ‘anyone sit anywhere’ situation but luckily we got two together. Day Read more…
On Monday morning we we embarked on our jungle experience (2 days 1 night). We all gathered together at the head office and were talked through safety and equipment use. A thunderstorm was forecast for our second day so we were told what we might have to do when leaving Read more…