I think last time we spoke, I was in China. Well, I'm now deep into Laos, in Luang Prabang to be precise (see map). We spent a couple of days in Luang Nam Tha, hired motorbikes (Anna's told me I'll be in loads of trouble if I tell you that it was all her idea...) and set off into the National Park. It was gorgeous jungle, tiny local villages - we went up a dirt path for 4km to arrive at one where we may well have been the first Westerners that the children had ever seen...