Blogs from Vang Vieng, West, Laos, Asia - page 8

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Picture Cancun during spring break and you can get a pretty good idea of what it is like "tubing" in Vang Vieng with a few minor differences and added quirks. Vang Vieng has only really become big in the last few years but before that was a little known stop mostly only visited by backpackers who loved the laid back town in a picturesque setting with a great river that featured local bars along the shores. Rent an inner tube and mozy on down the river stopping at the different bars along the way. Just describing it sounds like the perfect recipe for a future tourist Mecca. Sure enough, the word got out and now Vang Vieng is booming with tons of tourist in addition to backpackers who come for the great party scene, the special ... read more

We Left for Vang Vieng on the 2nd and stayed till the 6th July. We had to wait ages for the mini bus at Luang Prabang and after a short break down (thankfully) we ended up arriving at 8.30pm. The scenery was again stunning with the clouds misting over the mountains followed by a spectacular sunset, so good we had to have a photography break at the request of one of the guys on the bus! The only problem was the state of the roads. The poor quality road material used to build the roads here mean that large pot holes occur frequently, in some places the roads just become like dirt tracks. Coupled with the insane overtaking and humendous drops on one side, it made Alton Towers seem like a walk in the park! Our ... read more

And so, dear reader, do you wonder what we did? We sit at the bus terminal south of Vang Vieng awaiting our a/c mini bus to take us to Vientiane. A day early. Congratulating ourselves for not succumbing to the backpacker way of insisting you tube if you come to Vang Vieng or even Laos. Lauren's dad will be happy, it is the one thing in all our plans he did not want us to do! The reason? Well several things contributed to us not partaking in this "sport". Firstly when we arrived out of town and thrown amongst the reckless tuk tuk drivers we had no place to go, we had chatted to another British couple and decided to have a leisurely beer and pour over the lonely planet guide and trip adviser app. We ... read more

Spent most of yesterday pretending I was from North Carolina and playing beer pong. My life is awesome :) Went out twice today with a nap in between to recover. They played the Beatles – twist and shout- we danced in the rain on the decking and it was amazing. We drank beer in hammocks and exchanged details of where we’re from and what we’re doing before walking home at closing. What's great out here as you meet people from all over the world. Miss everyone at home regardless, peace and much love from Katie x... read more