Tubing down the Nam Song.

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After the culture bit it was time for some adventure. This meant, however ,that we were away from fast internet for awile so I have now got a lot of backtracking to do.

We caught the VIP bus heading north to Vang Vieng, a small town set on the banks of the Nam Song River. Across the river, jungle clad limestone karsts tower above. The scenery there was amazing, we stayed in a guesthouse that overlooked the river, we enjoyed breakfast each morning taking in the view but the best way to really take in the spectacular views was by floating down the river. Vang Vieng is known for this popular pastime of 'tubing'. A tuk tuk took us, plus huge inner tubes, 3 kms up the river and dropped off at a bar where there were zip wires and high swings that you can drop off into the river before jumping onto your tube and floating down the river.The party atmosphere was in full swing at 11.30 when we arrived and the beerloas were flowing freely Stan was one of the first ones to go on the high swing before we took to our tubes and set off floating down the river. A few hundred metres or so along we arrived at another bar and the whole process started again. James and Cassie, a couple we got talking to were never far behind and we all enjoyed a great day together.

The following day we visited a blue lagoon and a cave that was completely unspoilt we needed a torch to see. At one point I saw a 6ft long snake slithering along the wall, that's when I decided it was time to get out!!

We had some great nights chilling out in the bars at night but all to soon it was time to move up north again to Luang Prabang for more culture.

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Photos

A snake Slithering along the cave floor
A time to retreat!

Comments

[claire]

nice!
Looks like a beautiful part of the world you are in! And that you're having fun. Great to see your lovely photos. Love from dave and claire xo