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The Worse Day of my Life - Vang Vieng
Yesterday I spent my day at a load of bars on the river, using a tube to sail over to the next bar. The throw you a line and you grab hold of it and get pulled in... amazingly cool although we never realise how dangerous the river and the tide can be.
Today, I booked a kayaking trip, went into some cave which I am telling you I was so scared. Went in using a tube (rubber ring), but the ceiling is so low and you have this crazy head touch because you can not see anything. My idea of a nightmare, paddling through water in the pitch black with water spiders and god only knows what else.... And there was me thinking that we would be going into a cave with some light - you know like all the others I have been in....????
So anyway, we decide to board the Kayak and make our way down the... wait for it.... 15 km river... you are joking.... the guy never said that when we booked the trip....???
Well.... we crash into a bloody tree alongside the river bank in the middle of no-where, I was lying down as far as I could in the kayak, but we keep going into the river bank, the next thing I remember was me being stuck with my head faced down under water, stuck under a tree but being dragged by the tide with my feet scrapping along the bottom of the river! I tried so hard to get out of the water, but held my breath for dear life... thank God that I was pulled out in time.... Arms cut, hands cut, legs cut, feet cut... legs and body bruised and traumatised... but alive.. I am so glad I have been practising breathing under water in swimming club... Praise God for my life...
After that stress, I had to continue down stream for another 9km - what a flippin joke... not a happy bunny... but I lived to tell the tail... two people died this week in the same river... all I can say is be careful peeps.
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