Pai and plans for Laos!

Hello everybody,

We have just come back from a couple of days in Pai, which is a bit further north than Chiang Mai. It was a horrendous 4 hour bus journey going over 762 hilly and almost U-turns!! Let's just say some of us were sick... Despite that, Pai was brilliant and nothing like the rest of Thailand so far. It's quite hilly, with scenery similar to that in Nepal. We also got to dip our feet in natural hot springs, whilst cooking eggs at the same time!! Unfortunately our eggs got stolen by some local hooligans (must have been at least 10 years old!) so we never had the chance to taste them :o( hehe The rest of our time there we spent scooting around to waterfalls and drinking with some travelling hippies!

So now we're back in Chiang Mai and finally have our Vietnam visas, so we are eager to get going! We are leaving tonight for the Thai - Laos border, where tomorrow we will be setting off on a 2 day slow boat ride along the Mekong river, all the way to Luang Prabang in Laos! We're very excited and can't wait to see yet another new culture. Not quite sure what the situation is with the internet connections there, but we will blog or call as soon as we can.

Lots of love!

Rozzi and Laurence
xxx