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December 7th 2008

Published: December 12th 2008

We’ve stayed in Vang Vieng longer than anywhere else besides Ko Chang, and with good reason! We live in a bamboo-thatched cottage, perched on stilts. Our windows’ plain wooden shutters open outward, and through the diamonds of iron latticework, the garden explodes, its lushness tempered by natty stone paths. Flaming blossoms and burgundy hastas lord over the meandering stream, frequented by yo... Read Full Entry

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Waterworld

this is where we want to live

Chaka Khan

tubing gang sign

My Friends' Shop

Homemade menu illustrations

Hand-lettered goodness

Life where labor is cheaper than machines

There were at least one hundred men working on this new building!

Display at veg. stand

The Canadian Crue

Snork Maiden with (from left) Mandy, Alex and Laura

Yeeah boooiiiii

You can leave your hat on

waterslide mania Ely's in the tube

with the greatest of ease

Ely

Lao people swim clothed

scenesters

hackey sack!

Schannelhannelslidenhauser

typical bar scene

The permanent marker and neon paint these guys are wielding actually grant you free drinks at a different bar that evening.

smoke it!

that's Sarah

Unofficial Beerlao Spokesman

This kid's job is to spot tubers coming down the river and proceed to scream, and I mean desert island rescue scream, at full throat-scraping volume: "WELCOME! Beerlao, beerlao, c'mon, c'mon!! Free lao lao, c'mon c'mon!" This refrain will continue constantly from the time your tiny silhouette rounds the bend to when you are out of sight on the other end. Lungs of steel, I say.

H2o transport

bliss

12th December 2008

Elizabeth
non-member comment

Beautiful!
You make is SO real. Thanks for writing so beautifully -- it sounds amazing. Wish I could do that rope thing into the water -- sounds like so much fun. Merry Christmas! We are headed to Ogunquit today for a long weekend with Sandri family. Cold and windy here. Miss you.

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