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Posted by SJaaay | 20th August 2007
I've been pretty rubbish at updating. SE Asia went by soooo quick, was a whirlwind.
SE Asia was incredible, waaaayyy too many amazing places to pick a favourite. We travelled north from Bangkok up to Laos where we took a sloooooooowwwwwwwwwww boat (or the slow boat of doom) that took 2 days to Luang Prabang in Laos. I managed to pick up a spider bite on my ear in BK and then a pretty nasty infection in my wee toe in Laos which they treated by pulling the toe nail out with a pair of tweezers!
One of the best things we did on our trip was in Vang Vieng in Loas where we sat on tractor inner tubes on a river for 4 hours and stopped at make shift bars all the way down. They all had massive rope swings/zip lines too. Alcohol, massive jumps and a fast flowing river - health and safety at its best! Can't think of many better ways to spend a day!
We also saw the valley of the jars in Laos in Phonsovan. 2000 year old clay jars scattered all over the place and noone really knows why. It's
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