265 - headache was bad again, and the bus ride was long and bumpy, exited China and entered laos, forgot the photo for the visa in the bus, $38 for the visa, guy with smelly feet made trip difficult, saw a motorcycle accident, got to Luang Prabang, couldn't find hostel, took the tuk tuk to another hostel, stayed there and got free noodles, drank a bit too

266 - sweet coffee in the morning, walked around town, many smells, checked into other hostel, saw some shiny cars, saw monks trimming a tree, rested to feel better, went out to movie - bad heart / fantastic mr fox

267 - got up to see the monks receiving alms, tourists with starbucks shirt giving alms, went to the morning market, walked around taking photos, went to wat xiang thong, king ghidorah statues, went water tubing, went to the bus station with kate and adam to hand out flyers, went out to the disco for dancing in the evening

268 - Lunch at the bakery, walking around with sweden and canada, small cafe across river across bridge, family dinner, watched another movie at l'estranger - lovely bones

269 - woken by beautiful girl, drunken, asked me to set alarm for "5 10", at 5:10 I woke her up using the wrong name (Stephanie instead of Louise), went to waterfall, figured out she meant "5 to 10", relaxed at waterfall, swam around, rope into pool, stood on truck all the way there and back, another family dinner - hot pot, sunset on phousi hill

270 - got up early, relaxed ,sent winter clothes home, very hot, backpack weighs about 6 kg, i didn't do much besides that

271 - tagged along up to Pak Ou Caves, no tourists so boats charged more, tried to ford the river and got ipod and wallet wet, caves were not impressive in the end, went to shiskey village, bear whiskey, candy tasting whiskey, passed by wedding, went to the bar, had a good time, felt pretty drunk so went to bed

272 - Worked on Shampoo's website the whole day, he was happy with it, hive bar in the evening? no, instead went to dinner with an israeli guy who was very impressed with my trip

273 - I was lazy for most of the day, got shampoo's website up and taught him how to use it, just relaxed the rest of the day

274 - took bus to Vang Vieng, nice comfy bus and got shotgun seat, arrived, went to banana bungalow, found marika and kieren already there, went tubing with them, got buckets of whiskey mix, did many trapeze tricks, did the superman flip I learned as a kid, but the distance to the water was greater and ended up doing a pretty harsh belly flop that stunned me (and bruised my face later), floated down the river a ways, went to another bar, paid twice as much for the tuk tuk back because he wouldn't give me change, got dropped off at a place i didn't know, felt annoyed and in a bad mood, couldn't find anyone I knew, just got dinner and went to bed

275 - sandwich breakfast and free wifi with it, slept around, walked up the river, found junk but nothing worth saving, walked back down and wallet that was in a bag started to float away, took off sandals because they made me slow and ran after it, stepped on something really sharp, kayakers retrieved my money and key, went back to room and dressed the wound, tried to go out and party but after the loss of blood and having a huge dinner i felt physically bad so went back and slept

276 - Huge lightning storm during the night, shook the hut, caused a power outage, morning got up and relaxed, foot rebandaged, returned sandals i had bought for much less than i bought them, went to the ATM and as i was looking at how much money i had, the refund 20k kip fell out and some woman picked it up and drove off with it, went out partying, got a free bucket at Q Bar, then went to sunset bar, and played ping pong at some other bar, and went to bucket bar, then limbo bar, got bored of watching drunk people limbo under fire and returned

277 - Got breakfast and checked out, took the public bus with Alison, Jack and Shanty, arrived in Vientiene, guesthouse hunting, phonesomething place, went in search of food and found some good indian food, Elaine joined us, mini mart, saw jason australia and he mentioned Sunset bar, sleep

278 - Went to the Scandinavian bakery in the morning, swapped hotels for Mixay, went to the morning market and night market, walked around and enjoyed chatting and making jokes about stuff we saw, got lunch, back to the hotel, dust storm, tried to go to sunset bar but tuk tuk didn't know it, played cards and watched lightning at the hostel

279 - rented bikes and rode with elaine to the that luang gold temple, high five "buddha", kids with bugs, internet cafe, biked to sunset bar and found it, relaxed, went out for dinner with jack and shanty, met creepy guy again

280 - went with Elaine to the THai embassy, got there too late for her to apply for her visa, got a small ice cream at french place, went back to the hotel and relaxed, went out bowling in the evening

281 - checked out, packed for elaine and brought her bags downstairs because she was at the embassy, went to That Dam black stupa, got a slushie, biked with elaine to some food, said goodbye, got on the bus and left for Phonsavan

282 - arrived in Phonsavan with guy from Denmark, tuk tuk to Kong Keo guesthouse, slept, motorcycle trip with Johan, went to Plain of Jars site 1, not that impressive, cool small cave, on the road again, crater village, internet cafe, back, watched kids play soccer game, dinner at crater restaurant

283 - Took bus back to Luang Prabang, walked to LPBH, relaxed, did not go out at night, just stuck around

284 - made a to do list, did a few productive things, helped make shampoo's brochure, went tubing, laundry, big fondue bbq dinner, lao lao garden bar but they made me pay for two drinks

285 - Helped shampoo with website, lunch with english girls, dinner with neighbors and had a hot chili that seemed to make my stomach hurt, went to utopia

286 - Took minibus to Luang Nam Tha, long ride, extra 10km to town from bus that minibus driver took us, guesthouse zuela right there, tour hunting, chris joined us (anita, matt and reuven) dinner at the night market, stomach still hurt, returned

287 - Got up, prepared, set out for the jungle, first tuk tuk to the market, then start of path, hiked, small hut relaxed, jungle, sandals were a bad idea, lots of stucks on the path, walking stick carving for anita, lots of bugs, not many animals, ate stuff on leaves on a big banana leave table, easy to lose the trail if you were not in front of people, got to the waterfall and campsite, shack, fish hunting, told some stories, stung by bee, hard to sleep, cramped

288 - food on leaves again, bees in the morning everywhere, hiking, snake, didn't see monkey, singing, big trees, feet hurt a lot, crossed streams, lao bank hole in ground, rain, pain, leeches, small village, shooting the fish gun with siton, finally made it, tuk tuk back, night market, couldn't sleep because itches

289 - morning market to buy shorts, podcasts, updated journal, tried to find postcard, bought tiger balm, got really good indian food, watched tractor music video advertisements in night market, chatted for a while, made some lao lao coffee

290 - got bus in morning, listened to Anita's ipod, back to LPBH, free pickup!, got back, disco night, got really drunk and danced a lot, protected shampoo's sister from an extremely drunk quebec guy named bobby, got back to hostel and bobby passed out so i put some water and trash bag next to him

291 - relaxed, wrote postcard, got some stuff done, sorted pictures, helped set up wireless for shampoo

292 - doodled some hemdale, relaxed

293 - tried to deliver postcard and failed, went to picnic, lost bowling horseshoes game, realized the Vientiane plan would not work, went to night market and bought some things for me and Sissi (meeting in Hanoi), changed plans and was going to go to phonsavan instead, slept

294 - Picked up visa for vietnam, no extension to laos, minivan, finally had my music back, admired the Laos clouds, Phonsavan, got a 20k kip accomodation, room was about what i paid for, walked to bus station to buy ticket, awesome fried rice, beat solitaire in 2:11, interesting shower at the guesthouse (9:00 LP -> 17:00 PV)

295 - Phonsavan (6:30) to Vinh (17:30), Vinh (22:00) to Hanoi (5:30). Bus, trance music video of western clubs and girls, long winding bus ride, girl threw up, japanese guys, got to vinh, got night bus with japanese guys, ATM search, beer, syringe on ground, thought bag was stolen on bus, not really, narrow bed