Good morning from Vietnam

So its our first full day in vietnam - arrgh what a shock it is to be here after Laos. We worked our way down from vientiene to pakse(a bit of a dull nothing town but quite relaxing and amazing coffee) then got a boat to Champasak - A very chilled place home of the former royals (you'd be amazed as theres nothing there) - then cycled all the way accross to Wat Poh an amazing ankor era 3 tiered wat with natural springs and amazing carved ruins...a taster methinks for whats to come in Cambodia. From there we had a Wonderful Journey south with the locals - about 40 of us hanging off this thing people on the roof off the sides, all over the place great fun. We ended up in Si Phan Don (4000 islands) in the south for 3 days for extreme relaxed bliss...we met up with Vinnie again (from the slow boat and chang mai!!) as we arrived about 45 minutes apart and took over a section of huts on the sunrise side of the island - our own little balcony with hammocks...Wow the pace of life there is sloooowww....we wake up with the chickens and cockrels at sunrise and were normally asleep soon after sunset but had an amazing time-kayaking on the mekong was pretty relaxing - but then we had to leave (boo)

We headed north on a horribly long local bus (we got totally ripped off too by about 20 dollars!!!- bugger but hey its all character building stuff) and arrived pissed off and tired in Savanaket - one of the busiest 'Cities' in Laos - we were too knackered to appreciate it fully but we wandered around booked a bus to Vietnam saw all the french area and a last sunset on the mekong for a while ate and slept as soon as our heads hit the pillows. Next day an easyish border crossing brought us here to Hue - serious culture shock here as compared to Laos it feels like everyones out to get you...come in my guest house cheap cheap - get on my motorcycle good ride blah blah - just like india again - oh and the use the horn nearly as much i'm sure...but its still quite cute here if super touristy...I reckon a few days of settling in and we'll be well away...so the journey continues country number errrm ...11 blimey ...right best get on with it then as we've only got 2 weeks here rush rush rush running outta time and gotta get back to thailand to do massage courses...hehehe hard life