to respect their surroundings and environment. The town seems to prospering from tourism and what is probably most important for that part of Laos is that tourism is bringing money to a very poor part of the world. The touristy area is only a very small area and it is so easy to escape it, that I don’t really believe that too much is being sacrificed in the process. Of course Vang Vieng won’t be everybody’s cup of tea but it is a town for world travellers and it is refreshing to find somewhere that feels like home when you have been on the road for such a long time!

Back at the bungalow and after a few games of Yahtzee a chill and shower it was time to head back into town for some food, no doubt Beerlao and some football seeing as it was Saturday! The only unfortunate thing was that they showed the Arsenal game instead of my mighty blues but hey I guess nothings perfect! A place caught

our eye advertising “British Roast Dinners!“, and to our delight they did a veggie one - we couldn’t resist!! It wasn’t exactly as good as one of Rob’s, but as the first roast dinner we’ve had since we left home it was fantastic!!!! And the footie was on as well!!

The next day we walked up to Lusi Cave, which was a good walk, again through some superb countryside, it was almost like an English meadow in parts. You had to pay a small entrance fee but you got a guide included, so it was well worth the (extortionate!) 30p entrance fee!!! Again the walk or climb up to the actual cave was fairly steep but after my previous day’s experience was no problem!!! We entered the cave and we’re given our equipment which consisted of a head torch and a massive (handbag sized!) battery pack!!! Unfortunately my battery pack didn’t clip on so I did end up tottering through the cave holding it