Day 35 (Laos)

I arrived in Laos (Luang Nam Tha) close to the border with Y400 in my wallet and two new companions (a older German gentlemen and a crazy Brommie), Laos hit us like a ton of bricks (I had no idea this level of "ruralness" existed). Within one hour we all wanted to leave this little town. Yet due to transport times the Brommie and I had no choice but to stay the night. And with a full day to kill, we had time to explore. During this exploration of Luang Nam Tha we saw some kids playing on the Nam Tha river on a truck tyre, at which point I commented on how much fun that would be! 1 Hour later the two of us had the great/stupid (I'll let you choose) idea to build a raft and travel down the Nam Tha to the Mekong river 200km away. That night we went on the prowl for raft material...however before long were being escorted back to our guest house by local police (still not sure why)? So with a general idea as to what the raft would look like we waited for morning.