Hi ho Hi ho its off to Laos we go

Obviously not with a bucket and spade or any hand grenades as they've suffered far too many of them, but we are taking some cusions for the slow boat (to prevent sore bottoms on the plank benches) and half a ton of malaria pills to see us through the next 6 weeks...can you belive they have Boots in Thailand...very odd seeing that...anyway looking forward too the onward adventures! Since I last spoke we havent done allot (apart from copious amounts of drinking with Lyndon and Anne) except for Mountain biking (me not mel obviously) down Doi Suthep. Hmm not really ready for the onslaught it was and on a bike that i'm sure wasnt up to the same standard as the other lads (although I think the rider was more substandard than the bike) I managed to make it to the bottom with only 6-18 falls. I lost count after about 4 oops there i go over the handlebars again...managed to take half the skin off my right arm, and bruise my lower half quite amazingly but i did survive to tell the tale! After suffering from more Thai belly of the excruciatingly bad kind (after eating chang mai sausages doh!) we recovered just in time for our cooking course which was so much fun! Man its so easy I'm never eating western food again - sod stirring and roasting - stir fries all the way...we learned spring rolls too which was a great laugh all that tucking and pasting - very healthy too - the winners will be you lot when I find some holy basil (actually holy to hindu's) in brighton and can make you all our fave chicken with chilli and basil mnnmnnmn my mouths watering just thinking about it! Well that was the first time we've cooked for ourselves for about a month and its gonna be about another 10 weeks before we have to do so again...but hold on 10 weeks arrrgh thats all the time we've got left! Right best get off and utilise it - adios for now speak again maybe inVietnam maybe in Laos (but i doubt it somehow not gonna be able to handle modems!)