Sabai Dee Laos!

4000 islands, and of course, the Mekong.
Fishing/swimming hole. Luckily they use nets that rest at the bottom instead of hooks and lines. Or, the younger boys come in with make shift wooden spear guns and somehow manage to catch fish with them.
Crossing into Laos. Once again, if you wanted to skip customs you could very easily just stroll through the bushes a few feet to either side without anyone noticing you. But, it is more modern than some borders we have seen... Take notice to the paved road!

Goodbye Cambodia, Hello Laos:

The last few days spent in Cambodia can be summed up as sick sick sick. I spent about 2 days curled up on a bed sleeping with most sick symptoms you can think of. But luckily after giving in and popping a few pills I went from dead to living. We then spent one entire day busing.

The last bus of the day was a small disaster. The story we got was that it broke down a few times before it picked us up 2 hours late and then when we got on it stopped for a tire replacement. The bus was also packed so I ended up crammed (but still with a legit seat miraculously) in the back with a few guys. I then pulled out my Ipod and spent the rest of the four hour ride jamming with one headphone and passing around the other with the two guys on either side of me. First it started with "Ain't Nobody" which got the guy next to me bobbing instantly to the beat. Next though was T-Pain, Akon, T.I., and all the other repetitive rap you can imagine which was definitely the biggest hit. A few of the songs have also been remade in Khmer so for some they got to sing along in Khmer, and me in English. The ones they didn't know were picked up quickly thanks to hip hop being incredibly repetitive. For most they were singing to the chorus by the middle.

Then, after all the busing Zoe ended up similarly sick and sleeping one day which pretty much ends our time in Cambodia.

We just got to Laos though and are all better! We just spent 2 days on an amazing island doing not much more than reading, eating Indian food, swimming, and biking. We left today and I am in hunt of books and we are in desperate need of a Laos guide book which is proving to be surprisingly difficult to find.