Weeeeeeeee!

We left beautiful Pakse in the south of Laos and drove to the middle of nowhere for our next adventure!

Our hike was a rainy three days. We were zip lining, abseiling, tight rope walking, walking along rope bridges, hiking and rock scrambling in the Laos rainforest. The zip lines were 450m at their longest and when you were in the middle you couldn't see anyone or either end. It was amazing and a tad scarier than first expected!

At the end of our hikes each day we arrived at our camp, right next to an enormous waterfall in the middle of nowhere. We enjoyed hot coffee straight off the fire and traditional Laos food for dinner. Our group got along really well, we had an Italian couple on their honeymoon and a Swedish/Canadian couple all of whom were around our age.

Just when we thought it couldn't get any better, the guides told us to put our harnesses back on at about 9pm - they were taking us to our 'rooms'. We zip lined 30m into our own private tree houses, which were 15m up in the rainforest canopy, where we spent the night. The tree house had no walls and a toilet with a view. It was thunderstorming all night together with torrential rain - talk about a sound and light show. It was very spectacular and most of our stuff ended up wet but it was all part of the experience.

On the last day we had to make our way out using a 'via verrata'. Anyone who went on outward bound with me will know how terrified (and hopeless) I am of rock climbing. These were massive hooks on the side of a rock face that we had to clip in and out of as we went along. We climbed along a rock face that was slippery from the rain and the drop below was huge. We made it of course with the help of our lovely guides and although I was terrified it was still fun.

It was a fantastic 3 days spent lost in the Laos jungle with some great people. My whole body is killing me but it was definitely worth it and we are so glad we did it (and survived).