Normally we would have been quite peeved to wake up this way. But all was forgiven on this particular morning as the song they played was so beautiful. We had been away from home for 3+ months at this point, and had lost touch with the rest of the world. We had no idea what song it was, only that it was mesmerizing. At breakfast, we discovered that we had well and truly been living under a rock, as it turned out to be one of the best-selling singles of all time: "Hello", by Adele! We owe those french guys a big thank you as they managed to make this otherwise mundane morning something special enough that I remember it in vivid detail even now, 7 years later. Everytime I hear "Hello", I'm transported back to Laos.
Our day only got better from here. The well-marked trail from the guesthouse took us to 7 different waterfalls, some of which were truly stunning.
Waterfall #2, our favourite. That's Nick's head on the bottom right