a few problems...

after a nightmare few days of trying a failing to to get to the thai border by boat, going back and forth, getting ripped off and very very scary buses on dirt tracks we finally got there by bus! a 10hrs long journey where we got pummelled by dust the entire way- we were covered...! got left 5 k out of town, we thought it was 1k and started walking, but managed to get a tuk-tuk. just as we started relaxing we realised we werent going to the right hotel and he took us to his mates one instead. after arguing for a while he finally took us to where we wanted. hmm, definitely a reminder that we were back near thailand...then all the hotels were full, then we saw a dog getting run over, and then becky got hit by a scooter. it was actually totally fine, the girls on the bike fell off but were ok too- think they d just hit her bag and she wasnt hurt at all but it was the last straw! we checked into the nearest place- then discovered that between our rooms someone had drilled a peephole! man!!!! the whole of laos we had such good experiences, which seemed to run out just at the end! still, it was all ok in the end!