Hot Hot Hot!

Laos is an extremely poor, landlocked and mountainous country which borders north eastern Thailand. It is called the Land of Smiles because the people are so kind. On Easter Sunday, Erica, Victoria, their friend Jane, and I traveled 23 hours on the night train to get there.

We stayed one night in the capital city Vientiane, where we endulged on baguettes and pastries. Laos is heavily influenced by the French (unlike Thailand) and there is a large amount of bakeries in the tourist area. We also walked to the market and perused traditional-style clothing, table cloths and scarves made from beautifully rich coloured fabrics.

We rode the bus to Vang Vieng for a day of adventure. In a group of 20, we explored an elephant cave shrine, then went tubing in a cave, and kayaking down the river for a few hours. With two people in each kayak we forged through a few small rapids.

We brought our boats to shore at the last bar along the river to go swinging on a zip line and jump into the water. (Some people needed a few drinks at the bar before mustering enough courage to endure a 10 metre drop.) Weeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!