All along our travels in Asia everyone kept talking about tubing in Vang Vieng and how it was their favorite place...no doubt its a lot of fun, but its a stretch to say its my favorite place. Maybe thats because it feels like Spring Break in Cancun and I'm a little too old for that...but still great nonetheless...Enough said, about Vang Vieng.
We got in mid-afternoon after a hell bus ride. We left on the 8:30AM and a friend left on the 10:30 and she got in before us...imagine that. We found a guest house on the river, more like a jail cell (50,000 kip) and took a swim in the river. Vang Veing is full of video bars that either let you put in a movie from the collection or they play Friends on repeat all day long...very addicting! That night we hit Bucket Bar for a big party and had whiskey buckets at 10,000 kip (1.20 USD) all night...good times.
Woke up the next morning with a headache but it was time for tubing. We got some b-fast at a Friends Bar and then rented a tube and jumped in a tuk-tuk to the start. Welcome to heaven. You basically float along the river in your inner tube and just bar-hop all afternoon. Perfect way to spend your days since Laos has a midnight curfew everywhere....Plenty of rope swings, ziplines and cheap beer/buckets to keep you occupied and before you know it the afternoon is over. We tubed all the way to the end Day 1. 2.5 hours and about 10 bars....long day! That night craving pizza and exhausted I fell asleep at the restaurant before going home and calling it an early night.
Next day it was time for more tubing...No tube today since we wanted to do some swimming. Tried out most of the swings and ziplines (good videos) and enjoyed an afternoon under the sun. The only real thing to do in Vang Vieng is tubing and everyone is out there during the day so you run into the same people over and over again...much different than some of the other cities we've been to. Indian food for dinner that night which was a mistake....we both ended up getting real sick with stomach issues and fevers....not fun!
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