When we woke up, whilst Big Chris faired very well from the alcohol binge the night before, David has a very bad headache, sore back and neck and felt very very seedy :) We headed to breakfast and met a group of German tourists who are riding around SE Asia on Kawasaki KLX 250's. After one of them assisted with bending David's gear lever back to its normal position, we played around with the gear box and figure out that with some effort (and Crunching noises) we could get the bike into 1st and 2nd Gear.
We had approx 120 learning books left and decided to walk around to hand these out to many of the children living in and around the main street. With many smiles and Kop Jai Lai Lai's (And a few confused children and parents until they realized the books were a gift to them), we headed back to the Hotel to get geared up and head for the Laos Customs and Immigration offices to begin exporting the Bikes and ourselves back into Thailand across the mighty Mekong River. Thankfully it was overcast with some rain which made for a coolish day crossing the river.
As we are now experienced in the inexperience of some Laos officials at the borders, this made of an easier crossing with us helping them to do what they needed to do to get the job done.
We then went to wait for the next barge to Chiang Khong, Thailand which was about an hour wait at a restaurant by the river.
When the barge was ready we rode the bikes on and snaked our way to the front of the barge to get off before the 4 petrol tankers we were wedged between tried to drive off :)
We rode up to Customs and Immigration and thankfully were only there for approx 30mins whilst we signed and paid our way back into to Thailand.
As we were quite hungry at this stage and David was feeling a little better, we headed for the Chiang Khong Teak Garden Hotel and Restaurant where we had stayed the year before for some well deserved tucker!
Once we had relaxed and come to grips with being back in Thailand and driving on the left side of the road (After confusing some local cars :P ) as well as accidentally continuing to speak Laos then correcting ourselves back into Thai :P (Which of course got a laugh from the locals), we decided to head for our next stop for the evening in Chiang Rai which whilst only being 140kms away, with David's Broken bike, the constant downpour and diminishing sunlight, this was going to be another endurance effort.
At just before 8pm we arrived in Chiang Rai at the Dusit Island Resort Hotel...... OMG!!!! This place is a palace. After we took our reserved VIP Parking at the front door :P We checked into our suite and took many photos to show off to all our friends and family at home. ;)
We headed to the Restaurant for dinner of Spring Rolls and a lovely Smoky Burger and Fries which definitely hit the spot.
Time for bed :) See you all tomorrow!
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