Luang Prabang & Vang Vieng

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After we the Gibbon Experience we headed for Luang Prabang by slow boat. We managed to get ourselves a nice semi-private slowboat for the two day trip. We shared with an American family, a Swiss family and some random laos people. The scenery along the trip was fantastic and the boat trip was comfortable.

We stopped for a night in Pak Beng. It was our worsed night of the trip as the power is only on from 6pm-10pm and our room was really hot. We also had some friendly roosters who didn't know what time it was all through the night.

We had a brief stop at Pak Ou Caves before arriving safely in Luang Prabang. We found ourselves a guesthouse and spent the next few days relaxing with a little exploring.

We took a minivan to Vang Vieng yesterday. The road wasn't the best, it was steep through the hills, some parts had been washed out, there were slips and pot holes. Going through villages is always an adverture as there are always animals on the road. The dogs generally move but we have to go around the cows.

Vang Vieng is a really beautiful place but is over run with backpackers. Today we took a caving and tubing tour with a fantastic guide. We saw three caves but one was underwater as there has been so much rain. The tubing was fun, along the side of the river there are bars with swings and jumps to use.

Tomorrow we are heading to Vientiane it's a 3.5 hour bus ride and it's also downstream from here so we are going to kayak, we are looking forward to it.

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Photos

Robyn Caving
This was the main cave we went into.

Gary at the water cave
There was too much water so we couldn't go inside this cave. The swim was great and the water was really fresh.

The Elephant Cave
This is the elephant cave named as the shape of an elephant has been naturally formed.

The Tubes have arrived
How everything travels in Loas.

Comments

[Yvonne]

Great Photos!
Your trip so far sounds so energetic but you are obviously having fun.