02/06/13
I was up and awake by 07.00, enabling me to have breakfast and make it to passport control for 08.00. After a massive bowl of beef noodle soup (easily enough for 2 people) I was at the front of the que, ahead of time. I got on a long-tail boat with 3 locals to cross the Mekong River and on the Laos side I was the first person to get my visa and enter into the country. On all visas they stamp them with an entry and an exit date, I am allowed to stay until the 31st June... I got some money out of the ATM which has already confused me as it is very difficult to change your way of thinking with a different currency, I doubt I will even know what a pound is by the time I get back to England. I walked to the other pier where I could book a slow boat to Luang Prabang. At the ticket office I bought a coffee and a cushion, as I had read that the seats were wooden and very uncomfortable (it turned out to be a waste of money as the seats were taken out of a minibus). At the office I also met an Australian couple, Jay and Natasha, who I sat with on the boat. Jay and I started playing cards with 2 American girls, Emily and Megan, but as the boat filled up Jay went back to sit with Natasha and was replaced at the table with another Aussie, this time a 35 year old guy called Dave. The four of us played cards (and other games) the whole of the 6 hour journey to Pak Beng (our overnight stop). When we arrived it was an absolute shambles getting luggage off the boat, Dave and I were going to share a room and as I got my stuff first I went ahead to scout a place out, it turned out to be quite expensive so we ended up across the road.
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