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3 Days in Luang Prabang

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I have no motivation at the moment due to jet lag, so if this post is rubbish I do apologise but I'm trying and that deserves a pat on the back.  Our time in Laos was very short and so we decided to only visit Luang Prabang. We had heard from multiple travel videos and blogs that the capital, Vientiane, doesn't have much to do and is known to be pretty boring for travellers so we decided against visiting. The main other area travellers visit is Vang Vieng, which is supposed to be absolutely awesome but we just didn't feel like doing the 7 hour bus journey when we had such little time in the country. However, I do not regret this even the slightest because I utterly adored Luang Prabang. Lots of people travelling SE Asia aren't sure about whether or not Laos is worth it, we ourselves questioned it too. I am here to tell you now that it is worth it 100%, go there, there are french bakeries and awesome food and loads of lovely cheap souvenirs. Laos was o...

From Thailand to Laos

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I'm making myself write this one post before we leave because I haven't posted in ages, which means I'm going to have a huge workload once I get home. We've just come back to Bangkok and we have 2 days here before flying home. I can't believe our 3 month adventure is coming to an end, but I'll be able to relive it all when I write my blogposts about each place we've been. Once we were finally able to leave Pai, we had to get a 3 hour very bendy bus journey back to Chiang Mai through the hills of Thailand. There were 9 people in this minibus, including the women in front of me who was experiencing very bad travel sickness and throwing up for most of the journey. Very fun. In Chaing Mai we had to wait a few hours until our next bus to Chiang Rai left, so we decided to get an uber back to our favourite cheap food spot 'Lucky Toos' before heading back to the bus station. A quiet morning in Chiang Rai We only stayed one night in Chiang Rai b...