After Halong Bay, we headed back to Hanoi to recover and prepare ourselves for the next country and step on our journey, Laos. On Tuesday at 5pm, we were picked by a packed minibus which drove us to Hanoi bus station. Along the way we met a lovely Thai family, we looked after Grandma Thai. Finally we left at 8pm and drove south to the Vietnamese town of Vinh then West to the border. The border was easy; though the Laos side did not have power so was all done by candle light...good start. Once over the border we drove through mountains and forests until we got to Vientiane at 3pm. A whole 22hrs!!! We were picked up by a taxi and taken to the centre of town and found a guesthouse and then went out for beer... The next day we wandered around the town.
Seeing that we are now in South East Asia
normal foods are becoming harder and harder to find. So we are begining to list things we look forward to having when we come home:
- Shish Kebab from Sunset Grill, Enfield
- Yorkshire pudding
- Roast dinner
- Cadbury and Galaxy chocolate (British not Australian)
- Steak
- Cheeses (Brie, Cheddar, Edam etc)
- Tea (PG Tips and Earl Grey)
- Pork Pies
- Scotch Eggs
- Pork Sausages
- Sandwiches!!!
- Bacon (Proper bacon not American style)
- Ribena
- Lucozade
- Tipsy Ring (Mummy Moore specialty)
- Meat pie (Mummy Scales specialty)
2 comments:
Lovely update and photos, fancy a red cross food parcel of those wanted items being dispatched to you. Glad you can still look after your eldersxx
love to all take care, the oldiesxx
Thanks for the update. What a laugh, I love your list, there's no place like home! This blog will please Chrissy. She said the other day she wanted a picture of buddha.
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