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Published: February 6th 2007
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Current mood: oooooooh sooooo hungover!!
Cheers Steve for a wicked one through Laos mate!!! See you in Oz buddy!!!
Well this is it for me guys!! Laos is over and so is the drink! im back to being the health craving idiot i was at home and will only from now on eat veggies and fruit! ......... 'no i wanted the full english sorry!!!!!' hahahah
So Vang Vieng! what a place! well on leaving Vientienne after a few days doing not a fat lot Steve and i jump on a public bus with Fiona who id met in Cambodia in the direction of the famous tubing town!! oooooh whats to expect?!?!?!?! The bus journey wasnt to bad as far as they go so still with a limp on my bad foot we go in search of a guest house called CRL recomended by some fantastic swedish gals in Vientienne!
Well cheers girls we couldnt find it but in the end we rocked up at Riverside Bungalos with an honest feeling of joy as this place was pretty!
After checking into our huts we got a few beers and drank through a sunset to realise this place
getting ready
tubing day of fun gets cold at night!! wrapped up we head out in search of parties and to inspect the whats to dos!!!
Well guys a few days later i find myself still sitting in the Friends Cafes eating Fry ups and drinking shakes!!! there is a little fatty escaping let me assure you!!! i liked being skinny!! with all of the literally lounging about that happens in this town there are not so many stories other than walking up and down the street to and from the digs resting watching movies eating and drinking!!
The story i will put in for this town though other than my lazyness was our great tubing day!! Up at 8 breakfast in friends cafe watching a few great episodes and then a walk to the tubes, Steven, Jess, Ken, Fiona, Dan and myself all rent a tube end tuk tuk to the prime starting point!!!
on arrival we know its going to be a messy one so into the tubes we get (pissing freezing water) and float to the first bar where you are pulled in by little Lao guys with bamboo fishing rods (fishing for farang!) So up we go to be
greeted with local brew (lao lao) and a Beer to which even before drinking the smell nocked me for shit!!! in attempt to get myself back to my feet the decision was made that we should climb the rickety tower and zip line a swing into the river! hahaha these swings are to much fun!!!
So after a few swings and a splash in the water we jump on the tubes beer in hand and float to the next bar whilst chatting up the sexy ladies floating past!!! On arrival to the next bars we clearly see that these are the places where you get stuck as the atmosphere is tops!! In the sun drinking and tunes kinda area with crazy rope swings and wicked food!!! tidy bridie!!!
the rules..........
if you need to pee on return you must swing!! i swear i had a gut full of water and a new arse hole by the end of it as the swings at their peak are a good 40 - 50 ft and its so hard to make a nice landing hahahah what a laugh! i often felt like id fallen and slapped my hands on the
concrete flor in winter!!! So in the sun all day and after many beers the sun was disapeering so the plan was to tube home but in the cold we resorted to side lining that after an hour and getting a hitch back111 soo much fun!!
The following day myself steve and fona went to watch a movie and chill out in this little cafe around the corner where we watched Blood Diamonds!! Cracking film over a cup of tea wooooooooooohooooooooooo!! it wasnt long before we were back on the piss and ive gotta say i need to get off it!!!
My conclusion to laos is this!! go there to get full up on beers and food...... check out the temples if you can drag your arse from the Hamock or the cushion you sit on... maybe rent a bike..... watch friends repeatedly and just enjoy the simplicity of Laos lifestyle!!! ooooooh and for the record.......... laos is not cheap!! id say its the most expensive place in asia as a whole!!!
On the 5th after saying my goodbyes to the guys i jumped a bus to Bangkok where i will meet my good buddies Pierre and
April and plan on taking them on some sight seeing adventures!! shame you couldnt make it Birtles!! next time ay! The bus route and border crossing was great and ive gotta say arriving in Bangkok has really got some memories ticking!! I arrived at Koh San not really remembering alot about the area but after walking past a police station and temple to where squires pulled a scam last time i was here i got proper excited!! As i type this i have a days wait until i meet my pals. I am sitting in a cafe remembering all the familiar smells that i think only Bangkok has!! its so much fun!! Ive been laughing my ass off all morning with this Californian stunner (Tiffany) who has really got me Flustered hahaha hey chucK its all Bom diggedy hahaha scrum diddily umptious hahahaha!!
Well guys ill be uploading pics soon and will tell a tail or two from Thailand im sure!! hope your all ok im off to sleep and swim in my pool!!!
P and April...... Have a great flight!! See you in the morning!!!
Roll on Bangkok!!
Love from a Brummy........ miss you all
the girls
jes and fi guys and to my little brothers and sisters........ wish i could see you!! love you all very much!!
Niki
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hiya nik, looks like a really fun day u had there. u trying to catch steve up with the hair,? the tubeing looks to be the muts nuts, really posh digs there to. ur looking well happy and healthy son so this easy lifestyle seems to be the way to go. keep em coming, c u l, luv ya.!!!!!