Lovely Laos

I'm writing this from Laos, where I'm on holiday with my parents and sister. The limestone karst scenery around VangVieng is spectacular.

Sally and I went tubing 4kms down the fast flowing Nam Song. It was very exhilerating once I'd worked out how to stay on.

Crossing the river in a dug out was a white knuckle experience! Sightseeing in Vientiane included visiting the national icon Pha That Luang. We're flying off to Pakse in the south of the country tomorrow and getting up at 3 a.m. Ugh.