Den and Jane's World Trip Blog

Table of Contents

1. SOUTH EAST ASIA
   1. Local Landmark
   2. Comedy Signs
   3. Seriously... our most frightening and frustrating to date
   4. Please don't strike us down!!!
   5. Siem Reap
   6. The Killing Fields
   7. Mekong Magic
   8. Saigon / Ho Chi Minh City
   9. I've paid for this door and I'm going to use it.
   10. They're Horny, Horny ,Horny ,Horny
   11. DMZ Tour
   12. Midnight Express to Hue
   13. Psycho Cyclo Driver!!!!!
   14. Hanoi madness
   15. Luang Prabang
   16. Vang Vieng
   17. Monk....eee business
   18. Bangkok to Laos
   19. Chiang Mai
   20. Bangkok
   21. Last Super
   22. Visa Run to Burma
   23. Lashings and lashings of ale
   24. What!!!!!
   25. Friends Reunited
   26. Ko Samui
   27. Bank manager says (Singapore) Sling your hook!!
2. AUSTRALIA
3. NEW ZEALAND
4. SOUTH AMERICA

Bangkok to Laos

Sunday, 30 October 2005

Mood: not sure
After visiting the Royal Palace in Bangkok we set off on our trip to Laos. We caught another train which dropped us at the "Friendship Bridge" which spans the Mighty Mekong River. Both me and Den are feeling really apprehensive....not sure whether this is because we have started taking Malaria tablets and they are doing funny things to us or we are just so used to being in Thailand.

The main street in Vientiane - and a Sunset over the Mekong taken from outside our hotel

Even though there is only a stretch of water between Thailand and Laos there is a world of difference between the two countries. The average GDP for Laos is $100 US.

We are staying at a little guest house called "The Orchid" which was recommended to us by a women on the tuk tuk we caught from the "Friendship Bridge" to Vientiane City.

We plan to stay in Vientiane for a few days before heading up North towards Vang Vieng and Luang Prabang.

Our bus to Vang Vieng