Houyxai

Tuesday 11th May - Bit of a stressful morning today! Got up at 7:30 to call the publc bus station to find out what time the bus to Houyxai was and discovered that it went at 8:30 so after speedy packing, shower and breakfast got to the bus station at about 8:20. After waiting in the huge queue for 45 minutes with my bag on only then did I discover that the bus was full...not happy. Ended up just going back to the guesthouse and getting a minibus which cost more but was nice as I met some people who I could chat to and when we reached Chiang Khong we decided to cross the border together. When the driver said a 5 minute walk to the ferry it turned out to be about half an hour but we eventually made it across with no problems. Excited about the slow boat tomorrow!