Ok, so we were going to set off on our next leg of our S.E.A. Travels two days ago but unfortunately Rich is not feeling too well. He has managed to develop a chest infection as if from nowhere. So we have been stuck in Vientiane for the past two days, luckily we have had WiFi so I have not gone too stir crazy, at least in Byron Bay Rich could escape to the Supermarket, here there is the upmarket delicatessen which has two isles to memorise not 20!! Rich is not feeling as bad as I was, thank goodness, so we hope to be on our way tomorrow.

The prolonged stopover has given me plenty of time to upload some photos on to facebook and hopefully flikr if the connection ever lasts long enough!! The one downside is that I have spent a large amount of time researching our China leg of the journey. It is a massive comedown as we had hoped to be able to travel independently whilst cycling the friendship highway in Tibet, however due to travel restrictions we have to have a guide and transport. Which means we have to join a tour, which means we have to try and organise one pretty sharpish so we can sort out the visa extension in China. Talk about complicated. China does not make things easy in the slightest. We have been searching the internet and have found a couple of possibilities that will still allow us to cycle the route we want so fingers crossed. Otherwise we are preparing ourselves to spend extra time in mainland China and then fly to Nepal and go to Everest Base Camp from that side if organised tours prove to be too expensive.