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Arrived in Laos on the 11th July by flying to the capital Vientiane with Shane(from my China trip)...we flew from Siem Reap and had a strange flight that involved stopping in the Laos town of Pakse and dropping off/picking up some more passengers...it was a small flight but we had a complimentary snack and drink on 'each' flight....Easy Jet has some lessons to learn!!! :)
At Vientaine we were due to met some more fiends from our Chian tour...we couln't find them at the meeting point we had arranged due to us being way over an hour late..eventually we all found each other and headed off to the guesthouse. The afternoon was spent wlaking around, sorting out money and drinking and eating. there is a Scandanvian bakery that is owned by a Swede...i was VERY excited as they sold my fav marzipan cakes and my fav car marsh mallow sweets!!! We had a few beers and watched a very good sun set over the Mekong River. Strangely enough we also watched the dodgiest pop video being recorded with lil Laos chicks dancing in 6 inch heels on grass....a feet i could not manage!!! Anyone who was present at the summer ball 05 will remeber by attempt at this!!!
One of our other friends, Beka, was delayed so i waited on in Vientiane for her while the others took an afternoon bus to our next destination Viang Vien. For a capital city there really isn't anything much to do here...i pretty much caught up with things and tried again in vain to download pics on the site!!! Beka arrived at midnight and the next morning was spent in the hospital with me trying to sort out some kind of support and pain killers for my knee. Eventually got things all sorted and a make shift knee support in the form of a bandage as they don't sell the 'already made' kind here! We waited then for nearly 2hours for our bus and met Audrey a french girl I had met in Cambodia and a guy called Greg from the states. Got to Viang Vien about 10ish and went straight the the guesthous where the others were staying!
For the next few days we spent our time in a 'happy' blur of watching the sitcom 'Friends' on large screen tv's...going tubing in rubber tyres down a river and drinking and partying lots in the make shift bars along the river frint. On the second day of tubing I decided to do one of the many swings (there are swings, jumps and flying foxes). As I was unsure how to land due to the impact it may have on my bad knee I ended up doing a Briget Jones stylie scream and letting go of the swing tooo soon and landing smack on my back. Ben took a video and it has provided us with much amusement ever since. I dissappear under the water for some time and Ben just says 'oh s***' and then i surface and you can lip read me saying worse obscenities again!!!!
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