Finally a post that lives up to this blogs name. Where to head next?

The usual route for backpackers is to head down to Vang Vieng, then onto Vientienne and the Thai border. Others head out to the Plain of Jars, and hit the south of the country en route to Vietnam or Cambodia. We're doing something different.

Our plan is to head south to Vang Vieng - we've heard to many good things about this place not to check it out. But then we'll backtrack right back to Luang Prabang, and hop on a boat to Huayxai in the Northwest of the country. We've heard about a cool eco-tourism project where you spend a couple of nights in a treehouse up in the canopy of a forest preserve. It sounds too cool to miss out. From there we will cross into Thailand, and head towards Chiang Mai.

In the last couple of weeks the plan was changing everyday, but now we're ready to commit to this route. The neat thing is that apart from the detour to Vang Vieng, we are pretty much following the route we planned out in Japan.

More pictures will be up soon. I'll be sure to include one of myself. Happy Lao New Year.