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Armed with visas, a plan so cunning you could say that we'd made it up one day in a bid to find something to do and a pocketful of Thai Baht (and some US dollars) Holly and I are now ready to depart for Laos. This is a Good Thing, because we're catching a bus at 10 tomorrow morning to head there.

We're still not quite sure what to expect. Holly's "Rough Guide" promises us a fabulous time being held at gun point by bandits on some of the worst roads known to man. My "Lonely Planet" on the other hand, is far more gung-ho about the whole affair. It'll probably be somewhere in between, though I have no doubt that with the rainy season upon us the roads will be dire.

In other news, I've trimmed my packing down so that everything I own, including my rucksack, can be squeezed into my main back-pack. Of course, it then becomes a trifle hard to lift, but this is only a minor problem! For the record, Holly still has a little way to go but might also be able to do the same. Given the amazing amount of stuff that she had planned to bring, this is nothing short of a miracle.