(Catherine) After getting off the beaten track in Northern Laos, we got well and truly back on it in Vang Vieng - the most touristy place in the country! Apparently, it's a town you either love or hate and luckily we loved it. It's really relaxing and full of bars where you can lounge around on cushions, eat, drink and watch back-to-back episodes of Friends - it was like being a student again! We decided to counter-balance all the lazing around by hiring bikes for a day and cycling to one of the many caves in the region. It was a really interesting, if somewhat bumpy, ride. Vang Vieng is in a great location, surrounded by dramatic limestone peaks, and you don't have to venture far to leave the touristy bit behind. The cave itself was
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