Two of our new friends Steven and Mark (from Amsterdam) who we met on our jungle trek joined us for out long trip to Laos. We were first driven for around 4 hours to a small town just outside the border, on the way we picked up a few other people. Mary from the USA, Jorge form Spain and Helen and Bo from Canada.
We had to stay over night in a small village near the Laos border, the overnight stay was very basic but the food was good and the beds not too uncomfortable. Lloyd and I ended up staying up late and having a few drinks and going to as bar with Jorge and Mary, I’m positive the host/hostess was a lady boy, the first one I have managed to I.D. at around 12:30 I decided that I wanted to have garlic bread so I persuaded the gang to help me hunt some down, we didn’t manage to find any but we did find a small bar run by a chap from Belgium who had a massive scar on his face and seemed to take a shine to me (he seemed to think that I looked like a goal keeper for a football team). He seemed really crazy so I Mary and I made our escape and left Jorge and Lloyd behind. Lloyd told me the next morning that this crazy guy had dome quite a bit of time in jail; I’m surprised that Jorge and Lloyd made it back in one piece.
The next day we awoke early to head to the border of Laos to sort out Visas and then board a slow boat to another village which was about another 7 hours away from Lauang Prabang. While on the boat we met a few new people but I was quite tired so I slept most of the way, luckily I did wake a few times to take some photos.
We finally arrived at the half way point of our journey after 7 hours, we all went out together along with a few Australian girls for a few drinks and lots of food, the food itself was amazing and very, very cheap. There were around twelve of us and we all ordered a dish, rice and nan breads etc, and around 2 bottles of beer. The amount spent could not have been more than £5 each after we split the bill. When we had finished we were planning on going for a few more drinks but the village had a 10 o clock curfew so we all headed back to our rooms for an early night as we had to get up early for the next 8 hour trip to Lauang Prabang.
The second day was just as long but the trip was a little easier and I managed to stay awake the whole trip and took some decent photos on the way. When we arrived Mark and Cindy were waiting at the dock to great us all, after we dropped our bags off and had a quick shower we all went and had something to eat and drink
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