Laos

I was hoping to sleep in but Millie was up at her usual 7:00 on the dot. We made a rule as soon as she could read her “okay to wake” clock at home that she couldn’t wake us up before 7, and now it’s deep in her bones and she wakes up at 7…

We woke up without any big plans for the day. Nick had read that Vang Vieng has a bunch of different caves and swimming holes, but there wasn’t one “must visit” one. After breakfast we asked the hotel reception what they’d recommend. They first pointed us to Tham Chang because it was a 10 minute…

I slept terribly last night. While I was lying in bed at midnight, starting at the ceiling, I realized it was because the big pot of tea I had at 5pm was probably caffeinated. Oops. So needless to say, when Nick’s alarm went off at 5am so that we could go and watch the local…

Today was mostly a hangout day. We had originally thought today would be the day we leave Luang Prabang but after our first 24 hours here we knew we’d want another day. This evening we questioned if our 4 nights here have been long enough. We’ve loved it so much and had the best time.…

Another excellent hotel breakfast. This morning I chose Laotian noodles and they delivered. Fresh and limey and just a tiny bit spicy. We arranged with the hotel to have a private driver for the day, and he picked us up at 9 to drive us out to the waterfall. This is the kind of think…

Today at lunch Nick said to me “days like today make me wish we could just travel forever”. We have just as many (or maybe more) days where we look forward to going home, but today was not one of them. Millie slept in until 8:30 and then we headed downstairs to our hotel’s breakfast.…

Millie woke up too early and we paid the price for most of the day. We had our free hotel breakfast and I was happy to have the pho they offered. I think China officially turned me into a breakfast noodles person. We’ll see if it sticks. We slowly got ready and lounged around in…