Heading south

Tonight I'm heading south, taking an overnight bus to Pakse. From there I'll continue right away to the Bolaven plateau, somewhere between Saravan, Sekong and Paksong. I've been writing quite a lot in the last days... this will cease now, because in this region internet access will be very scarce. Some people call south-eastern Laos "the wild east", because it simply is less devellopped, less touristy... maybe more interesting, though...
Vientiane is really nice to relax for some days and to enjoy the atmosphere of this laid-back "capital city". But I don't need to mention that Laos consists of much more...
One last note: Laos is pronounced "Lao", and this was the original name. The "s" was added by the French is not pronounced...