After a 22 hour bus ride to Laos' capital Vienitene, we decided to spend the night here and hit the bars due to the fact it was my birthday. We had heard Vientiene was a relatively quiet place and soon discovered this was true as we were turfed from a local bar (where we witnessed a very high standard pool tournament) at 1.30am! We were really tired from the long travel though so we decided to go to bed and travel to Vang Vieng the next day. We made ourselves at home in Vang Vieng and soon realised not only was this the home of tubing (an extremely fun water sport which involved rubber tubes, giant slides and the local dirty river not to mention plenty of alcohol), but it was also the home of lost
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