Tubing - Vang Vieng October 27th 2007 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..............This place is awesome!
Here's the gist of what happens in Vang Vieng: for a couple of dollars you rent a large rubber inner tube (from a tractor) and you catch a ride 10km up the Nam Song River. You then spend the day sitting in the inner tube floating back down the river where for the first 5km there is nothing to do but sit back and enjoy the spectacular sce ... read more
Asia » Laos » West » Vang Vieng Laos was under the control of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao border with Thailand. In 1975, the Communist Pathe... ... read more
I have just graduated from Imperial College London with a Masters in Mechanical Engineering. I have a job with Shell starting in February, which means until then I have 6 months to travel and see a bit of the world!
Thought it would be a good idea to get a travel blog going so those interested enough can keep up to date on my where abouts, it also has the advantage of saving me from having to write loads of emails with similar content. Bear in mind internet connection is not always easy to find out here and when it is it's generally not the fastest, but I'll do my best to keep my travel blo... full info