Vang Vieng is a tourism-oriented town in Laos, located about four hours bus ride north of the capital Vientiane. Nestled beside the Nam Song (Song River) amid stunningly beautiful limestone karst terrain. Vang Vieng today is mainly a backpacker town. The main street, now called the Khoa San Road, is littered with guest houses, bars, restaurants, internet cafes and tour agencies. The area’s main attraction has always been the dramatic landscape surrounding Vang Vieng. The Nam Song, meanwhile, plays host to kayakers and tubing - travellers floating along on tractor inner tubes, a pastime so thoroughly enjoyable and popular that it has become one of the rites of passage of the Indochina (region in Southeast Asia, east of India, south of China) backpacking circuit. 18 December 2009 Got up and had breakfast then boarded mini bus
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