Blogs from Vang Vieng, West, Laos, Asia - page 7

Na ranajky opat bageta s kur.masom,dostal som gratis banan. Motorka pozicana ale bohuzial ina,som si nepamatal cislo mojej.No nist,opat pumpa,doplnenie paliva,1,5l a smer zapad. Na druhu stranu rieky som sa dostal cez bezplatny most pri Full Moon baru. Je tu este jeden ale ten je plateny (ale zas to je pan most,toto bola len taka lavka). Po prejdeny mosta som zamieril smerom na juh popri rieke. Sledoval som domorodcov,brodili sa mini riekou,tak som ich nasledoval a prefrcal po vode. V ociach strach,ze sa vykotim do vody ale v pohode. potom som uz len siel polnou cestou rovno za nosom. Cestu lemovalo kopa odpociek k jaskyniam. K jednej som aj zabocil ale zas chceli vstupne. Tak nist teda,jaskyn mi uz stacilo. Vozil som sa po dedinkach,obdivoval krasnu prirodu,policka. Jazdil som bez cielne,nikde ziadne znacenie. Mapu co som ... read more

Cesta do Vientiane trvala 10 hod. V buse sme vyfasovali 0,2l vodu, 0,18l dzus a mini keksy. Vysadili nas skoro rano,este bola tma,na juznej stanici vzdialenej 10km odmesta. Po vystupeni klasika,hned kopa tuktuk a mototaxi. Ceny 20-50kk. Od stanice ma chodit vraj mhd za 3kk,cislo 23,24,29 smer Tala Sao . Odtial chodia busy do Vang vien. Siel som k teda k mhd zastavke,co je po vyjdeni na hlavnu cestu po pravej stane. Hned ma oslovil chlapik s autickom co malo vzadu mini sedacky,uz tam boli nalozene 2 laosanky,cena 20kk,srat ta. Kukam na zastavku nic vypisane,tak chvilu cakam a zrazu ked uz bolo auticko do 3/4 plne vola na mna vodic ,ze teda za 5kk. To berem,opat zistene,ze to je standarta cena,bo tolko platili aj domaci. Este jeden chalan mi v aute ukazuje aby som mu nedaval ... read more

After a 7 hour scenic drive we arrive at Vang Vieng, which is a ghost town due to the extinction of tubing 2 months ago. All the shops sell clothing advertising tubing which was the main appeal about this place. Our hotel overlooks the River Nam Song surrounded by limestone karts, the landscape is pure bliss, breakfast takes place on the balcony. The majority of my stay is spent in the hotel due to being ill :-( at least there is HBO TV & Air-con........ read more

Vang Vieng is about 150KM from Vientiane (a 3hr drive) and the town is surrounded by mountains & rivers. After spending one night at 'Pans Place', I moved accommodation to a guesthouse on the river 20000 KIP per nt more than Pans Place, but literally over a 'ramshackle' wooden bridge over the river. You can certainly see the effect the closure of the river bars has had on tourism. It is very quiet here. More like a seaside town now than somewhere like Ibiza! In the datyime, people try their hand at Kayaking, river tubing or walk to the blue lagoon, as I did yesterday. The scenery around here is stunning, the town is encompassed by huge limestone cliffs and green rice paddies. In the evening, the bars/restaurants are occupied by tourists watching re-runs of friends ... read more

So we had to be up early again for yet another bus! This time we had booked a mini bus to get us to Vang Vieng, which was due to pick us up from the hotel, we tried to ask the right questions, it will take 4 hours, seat 10 people etc. Sounds simple hey? Well remember this is asia! We were picked up on time in the tanking rain, by a Tuk Tuk not a bus. This Tuk Tuk the went around and picked up 10 people...quite a squash with all the bags as well. We were then taken out to a bus station, where lots of mini buses and more people were present. Left standing about with no instruction until about 10.15 (it was supposed to leave at 10) then put in a minibus, ... read more