From Vientiene we drove as far as we could into Phu Hin Bun National Park and then we got a longboat to our accomodation. The boats seat 3 and arn't very comfy especially when you are on edge as all your luggage lies inches above the water line and the driver is bailing water out the back! Great way to see local life and lots of water buffalo taking a bath. We were staying in some very basic bamboo huts which was an experience. With about 5 km to the nearest village and just one restaurant on site it was a great way to spend time as a group and just relaxing.
The main reason for coming to the National Park is to see the Konglor caves. The caves were pitch black and enormous inside (well what we could see with the head torches of the driver and guide). We stopped to get off and have a look at some pretty cool stalagmites and stalactites. A great experience and it was nice that we were the only tourists there. Hopefully the caves will never turn into a huge tourist trap with spot lights everywhere like many of the European caves.
After 2 nights in the national park we headed to Savannakhat for a night. Nice town but it was very much a stop over for the border run the next day. We saw Thailand from across the Mekong- a complete contrast to the lesser developed Laos side!
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