scenes of Vang Vieng

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The ride to Vang Vieng is wonderful. It is a gradual, winding ascent into the hills.

Vang Vieng is a funny place. Kind of comes out of nowhere. One minute I am travelling through quaint dusty little Lao villages, next minute I am on the strip of shops, restaurants, guesthouses and booking agents that make up Vang Vieng.

The reasons for Vang Vieng are the caves, the river and the "scene." We spent a day wandering through some huge limestone caves and enjoying a swim in the river. Not sure I fully participated in the scene, but I had fun anyway.

There is definitely a weird TV thing going on in Vang Vieng. One restaurant shows back to back to back "Friends" episodes. The one across the street, "The Simpsons." While the one next door shows movies. The challenge becomes finding a restaurant that does not have a TV.

Also included are pics from the stunning and fun ride from Vang Vieng to Luang Prabang.

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Photos

main street
a Squamish moment in Vang Vieng

Elephant Cave
Vang Vieng

dung beetles in the rice fields
Vang Vieng

hut and limestone formation
Vang Vieng

viewpoint along route 13
Vang Vieng to Luang Prabang

another viewpoint along route 13
Vang Vieng to Luang Prabang

Comments

[Lisa]

Holy crap. Those are gorgeous views. It was nice and sunny here today. Thankfully, because after arriving home in the grey yesterday I was tempted to swim back to Maui. Cheers sis. See you soon!

[mauro "selvatiko"]

Brava !!
I ve just readed now your ( old ) e-mail on my home-pc and...what i like to tell you at the moment ( specially 4 my bad english ) is "BRAVA"...; have a nice ( and safe ) trip, Mauro