Scout's Foreign Report 1: Indochina

Thanks Mr Ed, for the introductory report. That's right clubbers of P, I'm Scout and I'll be dropping in from temps en temps with a bit of foreign correspondence... in a Brian O'Hannohanorohan type way, if you will.

So, I kicked the arse out of my Brighton stables and globe trotted to Asia. Thus far I have gadgeted up in Hong Kong, watched Thai Boxing in Bangkok, scuba dived off Thai Islands and trekked/mountain biked in the Northern Thai mountains. What's that you say, my current location? Forgive me, I write this overlooking the banks of the Nam Xong river in the small stables of Vang Vieng. It's a lush floodplain surrounded by craggy limestone scenery, riddled with caves, crystal clear pools & waterfalls.

There is much adventuring to be had here. However, the vast majority of tourists hire a big rubber ring and float down the river, stopping at bars en route for buckets of cheap Lao whiskey mixed with red bull, get smashed and drown. Not really, but here's hoping. No, I'm being unfair most of them are great people (twats).

Mr Ed you're god damn right Charlie don't surf. I'm going to be patrolling south to Vientiene where I will be requesting a bird for immediate dust off to LZ Hanoi. No time for R & R, I'm going straight into the field - firebase Sapa. Sing it with me! "If I die in a combat zone....box me up and send me home."

- Scout
Reporting for the Pony Club, Vang Vieng, Northern Laos.