Hopping over the border to Laos

We have loved our time in Thailand and couldn't wait for our next adventure. However, the journey started with Will taking his sweet time and us both having kittens thinking we would miss our bus to Chiang Khong. We made it just in the nick of time. And what luxury! We paid nothing extra and were upgraded to VIP where we got big reclining seats, so big I couldn't read the floor, and free water and a cheese wafer! The cheese wafer was as weird as it sounds... I wouldn't recommend it! The journey was smooth and the border crossing at Huay Xai into Laos and check-in to hostel was fine. We had a relaxed afternoon just walking through the town, eating dinner and drinking our first Dark BeerLao watching sunset. We decided to stay one more day to plan our next steps. We visited a ruined French Fort and temple and of course watched sunset drinking Dark Beer Lao. For dinner we went to a village homestay where you pay a set fee to eat dinner with the local family. It was really lovely and the kids were adorable! Everything was nice, relaxed and going to plan. So we decided to move on to Luang Namtha...Read more