Fun in the sun

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Vang Vieng is packed with tourists, so it's totally set up with fun things to do. Yesterday the girls, I and Elle and Sebastian form Australia went on a hike with guides to a cave, which we had to navigate with torches, so I felt kinda like Indiana Jones or something. Then we climbed way up a mountain to the bottom of a waterfall to swim and cook lunch. The pool at the bottom was very deep so the guide was showing off and jumped from a really high spot. Sebastian is one brave dude, and he convinced me to go up and jump with him. They had to give me the big countdown form ten.....and what a rush! I've been talking about wanting to jump off something into the water for like a week now. And there was more fun to follow. We climbed back over the mountain and walked down to a spot on the river where they rented tubes. We spent all afternoon just floating down the river. And there were bars along the way, or locals that would throw you a line and bring you in for a beer. It was a hoot. And right near the start there were huge swings and ziplines off of these tall platforms for swinging into the water. That was seriously the scariest thing I ever did, but so damn fun! Yesterday was a great day, I think we're staying here another day at least.

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Photos

Delicacy!
This is the first, and probably last time I will eat chicken feet. It wasn\'t too bad, just a waste of money because there\'s no meat on them. And Elle the Australian also enjoying some too. She was crazy about them.

Trail times
Lindsay, Elle and I cooking wieners in the forest.

Comments

[Alica]

This place sounds like a blast, i'm so jealous!!!

[Manks]

Nice
I like that you put up the picture that you look like Rambo in and Elle and I look like we have steaming poop in our pants. Love it. Poor Elle though. She's got it rough in both pictures. Read your latest blog, sounds amazing. You'd have liked the trek we went on. Loads of rice whiskey. Talk to you soon! Emily says hello too! Cheers! Linds