Short stop in the capital of nowhere

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Vientiane!? What happens? There is nothing here! It's a street... with a couple of Tuk-tuks... and a restaurant or two... and that's...about...it! We're heading down to Si Pan Don- or the Four Thousand Islands tonight, which should be nice. It's near the Cambodian border where the Mekong is 14 KM WIDE, and is split up with... surprise surprise... Four Thousand Islands! (i think it's a lie, it doesn't look like there are that many on the map!) anyway, i'll leave you now with some pleasant photos from Vang Vieng... that perculiar little place...

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Photos

Appropriate footwear for any occasion
These thongs are my trekking boots, formal-wear, casual-wear, swimwear and wet weather gear... a traveller should always know where their thongs are!

Benny freaking out in a leaky boat
We spent 5 hours in Vang Vieng walking through the jungle trying to find one of the local caves and ended up finding some crusty old ferryman who ferried us across the insanely fast-flowing river of death in a boat that was barely a plank of wood. Fun fun. Turned out you couldn't go any further than the entrance of the cave :S oh well... it's the journey, not the destination... right?

The Guys
Pete, Benny & me ...a slightly better photo than "Apocalypse Laos". I imagine that one had a few of you worried ;)

"Special Menu"
Ahh, the good old golden triangle... they don't even bat an eyelid at this kind of stuff!! (don't worry matriarchs, i wouldn't dream of it! :)

Comments

[Norn]

gosh Charlie, its starting to sound a bit hairy!. beware the typhoon season specially near rivers and the like. it starts about now, in fact its already hit China. Gail has won another literary award, the rate you're going you'll be writing travel docos. heaps of love from us both.

[dax]

Still reading your posts man!!
Ok so you totally got me thinking of coming over to Loas now beautiful trip.I leave for thailand 8/14 See ya

[luce]

awesome! ! ! special menu eh? I wonder how shakey they like their shakes...