So we've not updated the blog in over a month but I will try and keep it brief to ensure you stay awake.
We rolled into Vang Vieng in our mini van after a couple of hours of roller coaster mountain roads. It was dark when we arrived and the tuk tuk driver tried to charge us too much for a 200 yard trip to our guest house. ( we would have walked had we known it was so close).
Holly and I went out to explore the town and soon found that it was like a mini Magalluf with holiday reps outside the bars enticing us in for free drinks ( okay then! ) we had a couple of freebies and headed home granny style.
We rented tubes and floated down the ever famous tubing course on the Mekong. Renowned for having loads of bars we figured we would skip the first one and get ahead of the crowds. We pulled up to the next bar and got the party started by showing the travellers how to play beer pong. We left after a cider and 1 shot and jumped back on our tubes. We floated slowly down river and enjoyed the beautiful surroundings. Unfortunately we only stopped at that one bar as all others were closed. Epic tubing fail but on a plus we didn't get stinking drunk and drown so yay for us!
We hit some of the bars that night and Ele Boden is a slap cup legend.
Holly and I stupidly booked rock climbing the next day and had to get up at 7am. We pushed through the hangover and reached our climbing destination. It was do picturesque with rising mountains towering over the fluorescent green of the rice fields. The climbs were tough and Holly flew up them whilst I clung to the rocks and sweated alcohol from every pour. A great day out.
We stayed in a few more shitty towns on our way to Kongloh where we spent a couple of days soaking up the culture of the village.
We took a longboat trip through Kongloh cave which claims to be the longest in the world. We had a driver and a navigator who squatted on the front of the boat, both had head torches which were necessary as the gave was pitch black. It was a scary trip with drops from the Stalin tights hitting your face as you sped along putting your life in the hands of the driver and navigator ( I recommend it ).