Louang Phabang

Realised I have been rather neglecting the blog over the last week due firstly to doing a lot of travelling, Phenom Penh to Luang Phabang in 4 days and then being quite ill. At some point during the travel I picked up the dreaded traveller's sickness which I was pretty gutted about having managed to make it the whole way through with only a week left! Luckily I am on the mend now and glad that I budgeted an extra day into the itinerary. I will try and catch up with the diary over the next couple of days. Today was the first day I dragged myself out of bed so I went up to the Kouang Si Waterfall which was just as stunning as I was promised and home to a bear sanctuary and some huge, purple spotted butterflies which made the whole area magical. The water was freezing cold (well relatively compared to the sea in the south anyway) but was lovely for a swim after the sun. I am about to be very cultural and go watch a film next door so I can have a good rest! I am so excited about tomorrow because I am going elephant riding!! I actually can't wait...should be so much fun!