Bangkok 2

Well, as you've read our beloved workhorse of a laptop died today. So we headed into one of the many internet cafes around, not big news that but when I sat down there must of been dust so I sneezed twice and this American guy starts giving out to me, words were exchanged and he comes over and puts 100bath on the table in front of me and tells me to buy aspirin, I said "I won't say no to free money", at that stage Tina told me not to bother with him, the biggest wanker without a doubt I've met so far on my travels.

After that I decided to have a go at trying to fix the laptop, sat in a bar in Bangkok I stripped the laptop with a swiss army knife, and reseated the parts much to the amusement of the Thai people and flicked it back on, nothing happened for a few seconds then we had life again! MAGIC, if you've faith it will happen.

So off to the bus to Chiang Mai.

Vientaine

Had the bike from yesterday and went looking for 'Buddha Park' it's about 25km outside Vientiane City. We did get lost on the way and we ended up on a Laos 'Motorway' for a good bit of the journey until the road went to shite and it was getting near time to drop back the bike. We still got to see some nice countryside. I liked Vientiane..it has to be the quietest capital in the world! Feck all traffic and absolutely nobody annoying you to buy stuff.

We hit the night bus to Bangkok. Immigration was a breeze and thankfully me and Tina got 2 double seats eat. We arrived at 6am and went looking for a place to stay. The first place we looked at the matress may as well of been a pile of bricks, not something you want to settle for after 12 hours on a bus. We went further afield and got a middle of the road room for $10, which is expensive considering what you could get for that in Vietnam!

It wouldn't be right not mentioning my favourite restaurant in Laos and possibly SE Asia..Thongbay Restaurant (Across the road from Saysouly Guest House) Manthatulath Road, Vientiane...The food was delicious, presentation excellent and staff friendly, this little place doesn't look like much from the outside but the food is cheap, tasty and unique..So good I ate here 3 times.

Footnote: The picture of Tina with the giant wineglass in in Aria Vientiane (no ties with Aria Australia) although they did have one of the more pricier menus in town, but service was very good.