The morning after the night before.... Last nights sleep wasn't the best! So feeling just a little bit dusty after yesterday's events! And today we leave at 7am to catch a 4hr public bus ride from Vang Vieng to Vientiane. I really need a coke but can only get Pepsi, so not the same and it doesn't hit the spot. Really don't understand why anyone would drink Pepsi over coke. I digress.... We hop on the public bus which is really old, worn, no air con and general...

After an interesting night with some Lao vagrants staying in a makeshift shack next to our room and a wafting toilet smell throughout the night we headed into town around 9am for breakie. After this we had a little walk around town then back to the balcony of the hotel to chill before tubing this arvo. When we get back the water is off for some mysterious reason! Hey, it's lao, this stuff happens. Tubing today is the main reason we picked this trip and although...

After an interesting night with some Lao vagrants staying in a makeshift shack next to our room and a wafting toilet smell thought the night we headed into town around 9am for breakie. After this we had a little walk around town then back to the balcony of the hotel to chill before tubing this arvo. When we get back the water is off for some mysterious reason! Hey, it's lao, this stuff happens. Tubing today is the main reason we picked this trip and although it...

We arrived in the small town of Vang Vieng about 5pm. Our guesthouse, (which calls itself a resort, false advertising!) is set on the banks of the Nam Song river. Vang Vieng is known for its tubing, kayaking, spectacular mountains and limestone caves. Also for drunken tourists stumbling through town, and bars playing reruns of friends and family guy. The rooms are probably the worse we have experienced so far, and quite disappointing considering how lovely that...

Today we left Luang Prabang to travel by private bus to Vang Vieng, approx 260km. The trip takes about 7hrs including rest stops. Paap isn't feeling the best after last night but I am all good.... Until part way into the trip. This trip is well know with those travelling through Laos for its winding roads, spectacular scenery and guy churning motion sickness. Our first stop was a view point over the nam khan river, very pretty. There was some birds there wh...