Vang Vieng - Blogabond

. Showed up and only saw white people. Totally touristy. Wondered around looking for a place to stray since we are guys and don’t plan a head. We found one. It was positioned in between 3 bars!!! But for 50,000 kip (3.17 dollars;)) a night it was just right for the first night. Went and got some pizza. Vang Vieng was settled by the French, so the foreign food is very good there. Then watched a movie on the projector they had. Weird story. Went out to Bucket Bar because there were free buckets from 8pm-9pm. Had about a quarter of one and remembered how disgusting they were so I was the designated walker since all of our housing was across bamboo bridges on the other side of the river. Got everyone in bed and tried to go to bed, but the music from the 3 bars was still blaring in our huts!!!!

Day 38

Woke up and hiked this little mountain behind the city. Very cool. Started thunder and raining!!! Felt so amazing!!!! Watched it rain from under our new little cabaña since we moved for the slums!! Met a nice couple. Chris (Australia) and Anja (Germany). They were very nice. They gave me a book called Blood River about Africa and a journalist traveling the area. Ate dinner with them and found out it was Anja birthday, so I knew that my big group was going to “Q-Bar” so I took them there. I meant to mention that I think 35 of us went to Laos that weekend. So when we showed up at Q-Bar all I saw were drunk Cal Poly kids. It was so funny! We just joined in and got Anja her birthday shots and danced for awhile and then went bed. Exhausting day….

Day 39

Woke up and met Chris and Anja for breakfast at Bungalow. They were staying at the same as us. We planned a trip to some caves. Everyone else went tubbing down the river, but that sounded like a drunkin’ day so I opted out on that one. So we rented motorbikes and took off to the mountains. Beautiful landscape. Dane we are coming back. Went to the “Blue Lagoon”. It really was a blue lagoon which was the most beautiful water I’ve ever seen. Rope swings into them and trees to climb and jump off of. So we swam for awhile and then hiked the mountain to where the cave started. Holy crap…..you couldn’t see the ceiling it was so big. So we walked around that and then took a detour home. We still had gas in the tank, so we had to go cruisin’. We went north or town to where there weren’t any white people and it was great. Watched the sun set and came back to return the bike. All day on the bike…..35,000 kip…a little over 4 dollars. Read my book and went to sleep.

Day 40

Planned on going home, but everyone wanted to see the blue lagoon, so I stayed to be there tour guide. Skipped class, but worth it. Took a mini-bus back to Vientiane and then got back at the Mut-Mee at 6pm. Took a shower and ate and went to bed around 9:30pm……Long ass weekend.

written by

Matt Eastlick on May 4, 2009 from Vang Vieng, Laos

from the travel blog: Thailand Study Abroad

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this could be a great place and best place to choose for a good vacation. thanks for this one!

written by jigs peligrino on May 4, 2009

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