In SUNNY Laos..

So, we left Hanoi at 4am to fly to Hue which as wet and cold- gr. There people there are mean too- definitely harder than the rest of 'Nam. Although someone bought us dinner again there- clearly something about that place (did I mention a group of Presbyterians from the US bought us dinner the first time we were there? very random- we were on the doorstep of this restaurant and this guy appeared with no shoes on offering to buy us dinner- we went as otherwise we couldn't get a table for an hour and they were really cool. All sponsoring local families in Vietnam so the daughters could get an education. And they all hated Bush! Ha ha.. )

We then got on a bus at 6 and were shunted into various local buses across the border to Laos, arriving at 6pm (after the engine broke, the local shops had had all their deliveries etc. etc..) We then got on a night bus to Vientiane, which is sunny and sleepy and a complete relief!


so far Laos is beautiful. I'm sad we don't have longer here. We're going to head up to Vang Vieng and Luang Prabang in the next couple of days and then try and get a flight to Cambodia to cut out the 4 day bus journey (as I have to go home for a few days on the 11th Feb- 16th- give me a call if you're around!!)

Much love, Bitsy xx