Limestone Mountain Hedonistic Paradise: Vang Vieng


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March 12th 2007
Published: August 7th 2007
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Jacqui & Lucas: Living the Swingers Lifestyle in Vang Vieng:

Although not very Laotian per se, Vang Vieng is one of the FUNNEST places on the planet.

Le Medley of Lucas and Jacqui Ropeswinging (use headphones if you have them!)


Ropeswing Backflip


Float down the river in a tube, have a cold Lao beer, launch off huge ropeswings with no lawyers, insurance companies, over-protective moms or liability notices in sight. Need we say more?





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Goin' Tubin'!Goin' Tubin'!
Goin' Tubin'!

Eat your heart out Russian River
The main viewing deck / party spotThe main viewing deck / party spot
The main viewing deck / party spot

From here you can watch drunken ropeswingers attempt to kill themselves
Decisions...Decisions...
Decisions...

These are the type of difficult life decisions one must make on this trip: the path to Sunset bar or Lucky Bar??
$6 a night!!$6 a night!!
$6 a night!!

best deal on the planet - Vang Vieng Riverside Bungalows. They'll throw in a scooter for an extra $2 a day
Spelunking!Spelunking!
Spelunking!

We went about 45 minutes via tubes into this cave by ourselves... very eerie and many flashbacks to various cave horror movies
major Laos bridgemajor Laos bridge
major Laos bridge

this represents the pinnacle of Lao infrastructure development
No Smoking Drugs!No Smoking Drugs!
No Smoking Drugs!

The police are good at sniffing out H'mong rebels with guns in the hillsides and deranged hippie backpackers (extremely violent!) along the river


22nd April 2007

gulp
unreal . It looks amazing Des

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