Lazy days in Lao

Greetings from Lao

This is probably the most relaxed, slow-paced country we have visited. We started in Don Det (4000 islands) in the deep south of the mekong river. Beautiful little spot with bungalows along the river. It only has electricity from 6-10pm each day, and when you order a milkshake you hear them crank up the generator just to get the blender working ha.
There are no roads on the island only paths so we hired bikes to explore for a day. Tried a "happy shake" which looked rather strong with a layer of green sludge resting on top, but ended up making an enjoyable afternoon gazing at waterbuffalo in the sun and munching down cake mmm cake. We had a nice dinner out with 2 other couples we met on our travels, 1 from Belgium and the other from Canada (yah).
Took a bus (really an open air cart) to Tadlo falls which was a remote little spot up in the highlands (Jase wanted to get off the tourist trail haha). Nice place for trekking, we decided to explore on our own and met a cute group of village kids who became our tour guides and led us up a secret track to the waterfall. They then gave us swimming races and dive competitions, it was classic, not a word of english spoken the whole time, lots of fun, the oldest one walked at the back of the group behind us, to make sure we didnt fall on the rocks or get left behind!
Next was the over night bus to Vientiane (the capital). Was hoping to meet Bethaney and Jarrod here but looks like we just missed each other. Visited a forest temple yesterday and had rustic suana and massage in the forest which was fab.
Jase got severe food poisoning (chicken samosas I think) so ended up taking him to hospital last night, couldnt even have a sip of water without puking or running to the toilet, so had to pay a random guy to take us there on his motorbike as no tuktuks around. The hospital was great put him on a drip for 5hrs then we walked back to our guesthouse at 5am (still not tuktuks around). Hes better today but taking it easy.
Love to all.

Cambodia is cool!!

First off, thanks for all the comments!! Wow I was expecting zero as not had much of a chance to read everyone elses blogs...bought a smile to my dial.

Cambodia has been fantastic, Im going to say the best country so far (and thats a big call) but I guess I was a little apprehensive so its such a nice suprise when everything is peachy.

We took a bus to Siem Riep from BKK which took 10hrs, and the last 4hrs we only went 115km as the roads arent really roads just pot holes and dirt. We were presold to a guesthouse, but we didnt mind as who can be bothered trying to find a place at 11pm after mammoth trip and it was only $6 a night. The ppl are so sweet all want to talk to you to practice their english, and try and get you to ride on their motobike or tuktuk. We made some great friends that Jase stayed up till all hours chatting too. Hired bikes and went exploring one day to a landmine museum. Got up at 5.30am to see sunrise over Angkor Wat temples which was AMAZING, just cant get my head around how they were constructed back in the 12th Century. Intriguing ancient kingdom...

We are in Phnom Penh at the moment, visited the S21 prison and killing fields today which were too sad for words. Pol Pots regime destroyed anyone with "western talents" eg teachers, lawyers, doctors, artists, etc plus women and children all tortured and killed in massive graves. I have learnt a lot of history while Im here, reading books too.

Sadly lots of beggars and amputees, we didnt know what to do, cant give to everyone, so we buy a bunch of bananas to carry round each day and give out to ppl.
Rather serious post I know but dont get me wrong this is one cool country.
Love to all around the world!

Sawsdee from Thailand

Well Thailand has been great. We caught a boat and then bus from Langkawi to Krabi. It was packed with tourists, so decided to stay at the next beach over in a cute little place with a pet otter that kept sneaking up on me when I was outside reading (Ive finished the summer garden btw thought it was epic).
I really wanted to see koh phi phi, so we did a dive out there, the clear water was beautiful, plus cool animals, saw a turtle, seahorse which was miniscual, stingray etc.
We went to a thai boxing match, which was a little over rated, the fighters looked about 14. Not quite as exciting as on TV...
Took a 14hr bus ride from Krabi to BKK, arrived at 6am and couldnt find any accomodation, we trekked for about 2hrs, gave up, had breakfast, got a thai massage which was great after lugging pack, and eventually found a place on khao san road.
Went to Siam square for a look round and took a boat up the river to get home.
Randomly met up with some friends Jason met when he was in Brisbane, so we ended up having a big night out with them.
We both got $6 haircuts yesterday haha, Jasons took longer than mine, cheapest haircut Ive ever had, but was in need as looking rather straggly.
We did a temple tour today on a tuk tuk, saw standing buddha, lucky buddha, black buddha and golden mountain all very impressive architecture. Tonight we are going to check out Patpong night market and tomorrow we are off to Cambodia.