Alreet???

We have arrived in Vang Vieng, which looks alot more happening than Luang Prabang i must say. We've already found a local.

We first came down on a bus from Luang Prabang, which took six hours through the mountains, i was almost sick like. When we got here we looked at a few Hostels before agreeing to stay at a one we cant pronucnce or spell. The bar across the road, 'The Rising Sun', quickly became our local. It had English food, a pool table and alot of Beer Lao. So we pritty much spent our first night drinking and playing Killer. We didnt go tubing the next day as we decided to chill out after the bus, But Dutchy did and turned up around 4.00 Mortal and very wet.

So the next day we decided to go, We got the Tuk-Tuk up the river to the start and away we went. We must have went about 100 yards before we hit the first bar, the Lao guys stick out big Bamboo stick and throw ropes to pull you in. I missed and lost my tube within 5 minutes, but there was a mass of them so it was alreet. The Bars where canny cool like, playing music with a bit to sit down and every one had a swing into the river. We worked our way down the river, sometimes having to manouver through the strong current from one side of the river to the other. We found a swing Further down the river which would carry three of us, so me Rik and Ash decided to give it a go, i fell off first, and then had to duck out of the way of Ash's foot coming flying towards me, but everyone said it looked good. After that we carried on down the river, played Volleyball at a bar further down and Jumped out of a tree. The last bar was about the best, as the music was very good, well when the Americans weren't turning Oasis off to put on Sum 41. It got dark at the last bar so we had to carry on to the end in the Dark, we where sure we had missed the town at one point, but a few young Lao kids pulled us out the river around 100 yard from where we wanted to be, but it was a bit scary for a while.

The next day we Decided to go on a 12 KM bike ride (i dunno why), to a Lagoon outside of town. Th road was a bit dodgy like, bumpy and you had to avoid cows the whole way. We got the 'Lagoon', it was a river but was ok, it had a tree to jump off, so we amused ourselves for half an hour there before heading for another 'Lagoon'. They were all pritty much the same, one had a swing that i kept falling off, after we got back to Vang Vieng we were all pritty Knackered, but we managed a few Beer Lao's.

We never really did alot the next day, sat about eating drinking and watching Friends, its on constantly. Ash and Laura laft so we said Bye to them and Rik pritty much spent the day in bed, he was ill. That night i went out with some Irish Guys we had met and Dutchy. Had a cracking night like, went to some bars on the river side we didnt even know exsisted, Got very very drunk on Lao Lao whiskey, and thats all i remember.

We were gonna go tubing the next day but that never happened, we didnt get up until half 1. So we just sorted out our Bus to Vientiene for the next day and sat and Watched Friends, Again.

We have had a Great time In Vang Vieng, i think it is one of the best places we have been so far, and Tubing has to be done, Disneyland for Alchoholics.

Sooooo Night Night Campers, See you in Vientiene xx

P.S. Dutchy Van Der Starre International man of Mystery