Our last few days in Laos were pretty adventurous. In Luang Prabang, we checked out the Kuangsi waterfall in monsoon rain conditions. Two problems: leeches and slippery rocks. I took a nasty spill at the falls and the bruise is still black. Luckily, we got our leeches off really quickly because the girl with us was bleeding for the rest of the day.
Vang Vieng was a western stopover point on the way to Vientiane. Not very cultural but beautiful and a bunch of young people go tubing down the river. We met some travellers from New Zealand and Holland and floated with them down the river, stopping off at bars with giant rope swings. At night, all the bars play Friends episodes non-stop and people lounge out on cushions and sit there for hours. We had some pizza and really got a kick out of American TV after not having seen it for awhile. We were laughing hysterically at the stupid jokes - I think we miss home a little :)
The bus ride was also hysterical - we upgraded to the special VIP bus which meant we had AC and had to listen to Lao music videos for 6 hours straight. Yikes. We passed through some amazing scenery and small villages with 5 huts and pigs running around. I wish we could have spent more time in these small villages.
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haha...that is so funny you had to listen/watch music videos. dan and i did too, but we also had a warden that had an automatic rifle..scary. though, it was the worst bus ride of my life!
i hope you had fun tubing:)
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