Vang Vieng is an interesting place designed around the tourist industry. Peple come here to tube, which is exactly what i did. You hire a large inflatabel tyre and float down a section of the mekong river in it, stopping to drink at the numerous bars along the way. Everything gets very wet, and the bartenders are used to exchanging dripping wet money for buckets of drink (how it is customarily served). Many of the bars have big swings and one has a massive sl...

Luang Prabang is known as the most beautiful town in South East Asia and is a UNESCO world heritage site. Located in the forests and bordering the Mekong it was calm and peaceful, with an 11.30 curfew within the town. On the first night 18 of us (representing many countries including but not limited to New Zealand, Canada-french and English sides, USA, Spain, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Australia, Ireland and UK) met for dinner and found a lovely restauraunt loca...