Vang Vieng

Monday 18th - Wednesday 20th September 2017

Monday

It took about 6 hours in total to get to Vang Vieng, and we stopped off at a cute restaurant with gorgeous views for lunch on the way. We checked into our hotel and went for a wander around, mainly to go and grab suncream as the sun is much stronger here than in Thailand! We all met at 7 to take part in a baci ceremony before heading out for dinner. 

Tuesday

Most of us went kayaking this morning and it was so much fun! As it is monsoon season, the river was high and flowing fast, but we were only going downstream so wasn't too bad at all. All along the river you can see the old bars, tubing systems and zip lines - most of them abandoned but still there as a reminder of the days when Vang Vieng was the place to go to to party. Half way down the river we stopped off at a cave and had a wee taster of tubing before going caving.  It wasn't anywhere near as scary as I thought it would be and there was only really one part that we looked at and were like you seriously want us to go through that! But all good in the end! We kayaked back down to a landing place near to our hotel then went and grabbed a spot of lunch. After lunch emma and I went to the sister hotel to chill out by the pool and catch up on some tanning time as I have not got anymore tanned since Indonesia! While we were there, I did my good deed for the day by helping a wee Korean girl when she starting panicking in the pool out of her depth - her family were on the other side of the pool so I picked her up and helped her to the side. Later on her Mum came over to say thank you, tried to get her to say thank you but she was too shy! So cute. Emma, Amy, Kelsey and I fully planned to go out this evening after dinner, but some of the others came and joined our table and we ended just chilling at the hotel! On the bright side at least I didn't spend any money! 

Wednesday 

Time to leave Vang Vieng today, and is also our last full day in Laos! I know I say it a lot but I honestly can't believe how quickly time is going!