Edinburgh Girl

After our rocky journey to Vang Vieng, our journey on to Vientiane was absolutely fine. We got chatting to a nice English couple in front of us and who were actually on the same slow boat as us from Thailand to Laos. When we got dropped off we arranged to meet the couple later on for some drinks. Our hotel was only a 10 minute walk away from where we were dropped off using the Maps Me app. Maps Me is officially now my new favourite app! You download the map of the country you want when you have Wi-Fi and then after this you can use the map through your GPS. This is excellent to use when you are in a foreign country as you can only use your Maps app on your phone when you have Wi-Fi as usually most people won't have 3G to use abroad. This way with Maps Me as long as you have Wi-Fi to download the map of the country then you can search for places and directions to somewhere without needing 3G. We had picked a pretty good hotel for ou...

Luang Prabang is such a gorgeous town in Laos. Laos is an old French colony so the town has a very European feel about it. The buildings are pretty and a lot different from the other places we've been so far in South East Asia. The guesthouse we stayed in, Villa Ban Phanluang, was run by a family. We were greeted by the owner with a welcome drink for us and a map of the town where he showed us lots of things to do whilst we were there. The first thing I wanted to do was go for a shower as I felt like I was dripping with sweat after carrying my bag in the heat. We were both starving so freshened up quickly and headed into the centre of town to find somewhere to eat. Every time we go into the centre of town we have to cross a bridge. There's either the Bamboo Bridge which is quickest but charges you for crossing. It only works out at 50p a journey so it's not really that bad but you just feel it's annoying to have to pay every time you use it. Although...