At some point while I was in Laos or Thailand I probably mentioned Trevor, an American guy I first met in Hanoi and kept running into throughout Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. He kept a travelblog, too, and his entries are more frequent, and sometimes more detailed, than mine, so you might want to check 'em out. I'm mentioned in some of the Lao (Vang Vieng, Luang Prabang, and Nong Khiaw) and Thai (Chiang Mai) entries!