Where to start

Well, it's been tough to find the time to update this blog and add pictures. The last town we were in didn't allow us to download any programs (such as Picasa) so I wasn't able to upload any pictures.
Here's a link to the most recent pictures...

Pictures hurrrr

I've left comments on the pictures instead of writing them here. It's counter productive I think.

After the beach in Nha Trang and a bit of thinking, we decided to head North so that we could eventually land in Vang Vien, Laos. We hadn't initially planned on heading north, but we learned that we could go hit up some rope swings and zip lines into a major river in the middle of Laos.

So we headed off to Hoi An and made the best of it. Ryan spent his life savings on suits and clothing while Carder, Matt, and I spent money on food and beer. It was a small little town but was enjoyable due to us finding a plaza to watch the world cup soccer. The plaza was an interesting place to be as we were the only foreigners who showed up.

We made the most of it and had our fair of fun by betting on karaoke in between the matches. The locals would get up and sing and be scored by a computer based on their tone, rhythm, and something else we couldn't quite decipher.
They were awarded a percentage at the end and Carder and I would bet against Matt and Ryan who would provide the over one round, and then we would switch. The locals got a kick out of us screaming at the score for getting higher and higher.

After Hoi An we moved onto Vientianne, Laos. This was a killer bus ride. Around 30 hours later we arrived and were on our way....

More to come tomorrow. We have some time to kill here tomorrow before we catch the train in the evening to Bangkok.

Take care.