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Vang Vieng - Day 89-90
May 21, 2008
(11 photos)
" Day 89 - 21/05/08 A travel day, caught a minibus to Vang Vieng which is around 200km south of Luang Prabang. Beautiful scenery as we meandered along the twisty roads through the h ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang vieng by
christosp
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The Ultimate Backpacker Destination
Mar 1, 2008
(11 photos)
"Vang Vieng - what a surreal place; set in a truly beautiful setting with stunning limestone mountains next to a river, it deserves to be a top destination... nevertheless we had lo ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
losbrowns
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Tubin Down the River
Mar 29, 2006
(8 photos)
"Let me say this right away, Vang Vieng might have stumbled on the greatest thing ever, and it is called tubing. Basically what it is, is for $4 you are given a large inflated ring, ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
danblank
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Bus Trouble
Dec 18, 2007
(22 photos)
"We took an uneventful 3 ½ hour bus ride from Vientiane to Vang Vieng. Once we arrived in Vang Vieng however, the scenery was stunning. We stayed at a cute little bungal ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang vieng by
sfrtw
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Tubing?
Nov 8, 2007
(9 photos)
"Arrived in Vang Vieng after another cramped 4 hour minibus journey- still, beats Lao Airlines! Vang Vieng is a strange place- kind of a Las Vegas for packpackers in the middle of L ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
johnbrianmess
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Lets go tubing
May 9, 2007
(9 photos)
"Arrived in Vang Vieng not feeling too great, again thats what a bottle of tiger whisky will do to you, so day one was pretty uneventful. Vang vieng is a very strange place; situate ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
benabroad
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Day 65
Nov 18, 2006
(12 photos)
"Today we moved on to Vang Vieng by bus. I had a seat by the window and would say that the five hour journey was probably the best five hour journey I've ever had! The road was ok a ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
poolman99
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Vang Vieng
Apr 27, 2006
(26 photos)
"We took a bus from Vientiane 3 hours north to a town called Vang Vieng. The bus was loaded up with passengers and our bags were strapped to the roof . Then they started to pack the ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
audreyandjack
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New and Repeated Friends
Sep 6, 2006
(5 photos)
"A staggered leaving today saw us setting off at separate times to Vang Vieng with Steve and Niki taking a 7am bus much to Steve's protesting as I opted for more kip for less Lao ki ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
alasdairm
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Bandit bus to Vang Vieng
Oct 5, 2006
(17 photos)
"Hello. It is now thurs. Yesterday we went to Luang Prabang's 'biggest' tourist attraction, the Pak Ou caves. They are 2 caves, supposedly filled to the brim with monster, historic ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
danilovescats
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The Rainy Village
Jun 30, 2005
(8 photos)
"We took a VIP bus 6 hours to Vang Vieng on route 13 which used to be quite dangerous up until recently because Hmong rebels used to rob or destroy buses passing along. It's also th ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
cookiechick6969
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Ride to Vang Vieng
Jan 26, 2007
(12 photos)
"The ride to Vang Vieng took us back into the mountains the way we had come. Lindsey found it more miserable than the ride to Phonsavan. Apparently so did many other peo ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
dane
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A Totally Tubular Experience
Jan 11, 2007
(24 photos)
" As Tina Turner would shout, "And were rolling, rolling, rolling on the river...." The 6 hour ride from Luang Prabang to Vang Vien was adventurous. I sat in the back of the mi ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
lisa-ashley
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A breath of fresh air
May 19, 2006
(15 photos)
"We had a quick stopover back in Bangkok where we went to see a show for which Thailand is famous... a show in which girls use chopsticks, shoot darts and throw ping pong balls.. al ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
tracyleigh54
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Drunken rope swinging....
Apr 12, 2007
(39 photos)
"I know its new year here, but I'm getting fed up of being soaking wet all the time. This is how they celebrate new year over here, by throwing water over each other. Considering I ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
hodge
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Tubes, Kayaks, Beer, and Opium
Mar 12, 2006
"Stayed 5 nights in this place, really the 1st day consisted of exploring the town and its activities. Booked to go venturing the next day into a couple of caves, then kayak down th ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
directgb
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Vang Vieng - Soooooooooooo Beautiful
Aug 10, 2006
(12 photos)
"Luang Prabang was nice, but it was nothing special, to be honest we thought that it was quite overrated and to give it UNESCO status was a little ambitious! But it was still a nice ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
alinmattrtw2005
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Somewhere new
Nov 15, 2005
(2 photos)
"Had to be up pretty early for our trip to Vang Vieng, something I have become unaccustomed to these last few lazy days! Packed everything (including the hotel towel! I've had enoug ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
rbisset
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Lazy Tubing and High Flyers
Mar 8, 2006
(9 photos)
"The Lao people are definitely less hastling and more laid back than Vietnam, that is all apart from the tuk tuk drivers, caus there the same everywhere. We loaded ourselves onto a ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
mills-mcshea
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On the road again
Sep 18, 2005
(1 photo)
"Van Vieng, not really what we had imagined, dirt streets lined with tired looking restaurants/ bars all competing to have the loudest episode of friends blaring from their TV's. To ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
pidgeandpie
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Vang Vieng dump or paradise?
Dec 15, 2005
"This place really splits the traveling community. The lonly planet does state that you will either love it or hate it, in my opinion it's a bit like marmite there is no in between. ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
suzukistorey
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Detox needed after this little jaunt...
Mar 9, 2005
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"We left early the next day for the travellers' paradise of Vang Vieng, a small town that has sprung up in the middle of nowhere specifically for tourists. It features a bus depot t ..."
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zee
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Its a small world after all
Dec 9, 2003
(3 photos)
"Leaving R & M on the bus to L.P. I jumped off at Vang Vieng to do some kayaking and tubing. This town is set along a river at the base of some amazing karst cliffs. Checking into a ..."
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vandall
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The dogs bollocks service
Sep 13, 2005
(4 photos)
"I left Vientiane at 10 am yesterday on a bus bound for Vang Vieng. I was definitely ready to leave the city, with my only regret being that I didn't try enough of the cafes and res ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
will
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Laos Lout - Vang Vieng
Dec 3, 2004
(10 photos)
"OK, OK, I know these travelogues are getting longer but man I just got so much to tell ya! The things I'm doing, the people I'm meeting, the places I'm seeing... You guys have gott ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
oflareypants
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Action Stations
Mar 5, 2005
(2 photos)
"As we were driven to Vang Vieng we began to realise why people come to Laos. The scenery is spectacular. Forest clad limestone cliffs jutting from the farmland provide a stunning b ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
bush-trotters
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Happy Town
Apr 17, 2008
(29 photos)
"McDonald's Happy Meals have nothing on Vang Vieng. This place is famous for anything and everything that is "Happy". Walk into any restaurant and request the ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
jeffsadventures
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Chilling by the river
Mar 2, 2005
(4 photos)
"Next stop after Phonsavan was Vang Vieng, supposedly a backpacker haven or hell, depending on your preferences. Didn't even realise we had reached it - thought it was a toilet stop ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
chris-marianne
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River Kayaking and Friends
Aug 30, 2004
"Tired of museums, wats, and big city traffic? Head to Vang Vieng! This is a little village in northern Lao most people use as a stopover on the way to Vang Vieng. Its only about th ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
barrettbingley
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Nong Khai to Vang Vieng
Aug 30, 2004
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"Monday 30 August - Nong Khai to Vang Vieng, Laos. Vang Vien Riverside Bungalows Guesthouse. Kim and I leave the guesthouse rather lighter than we have arrived, having ruthlessly se ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
kimandpercy2004
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Crazy Motorbikes
Feb 28, 2005
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"How cool was this place?? Huge Limestone formations Gigantic Caves Motorbikes Bamboo Bridges great hotel.... We arrived by crazy bus down from Luang Prabang. We were on the 'touris ..."
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roundtheworld
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Dickhead Central - Part XVII
Oct 14, 2008
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"As uncomfortable and tiresome as the road from Phonsavan to Vang Vieng is, I reckon the scenery - that comes from snaking through valley after valley of jaw-dropping terrain - is r ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
scottwoz
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Swinging in Vangers
Jun 3, 2006
(48 photos)
"Things have come along way in Laos. Before, you either took a local bus or a ute, now they have VIP buses, so we decided to use this as they are only meant to take three hours. Fou ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
uncle_davros
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Drowning Man......It Sure Can Rain!
Jul 12, 2004
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"Tuesday July 12 2004 Time to leave Luang Prebang now - could have spent some more time here, but the clock is ticking on my Vietnamese visa. I did speak to a guy who questioned why ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
shaunduvall
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Deliverance
Jul 31, 2003
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"One must go through hell to get to heaven, right? Who was it that gave us that little self-flagellating bit of rationalization? Dante? Someone before? Infernal heat notwithstanding ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
pscheuring
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Week Fourteen - Laos
Dec 1, 2003
(25 photos)
"Day 92 - Tuesday 25 November Up at 2.30am to get taxi to Bangkok Airport. Whilst packing up Nic finds cockroach on zip of her backpack. Peter runs out of bathroom thinking she has ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
petenic360
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How Now Brown Cow in Laos - it rhymes!
Apr 15, 2004
(2 photos)
"Sunday 11th April We got up and caught a tuk tuk to the Luang Prabang bus station as it is 3 km out of town! We boarded our bus to Vang Vieng. Now this road down Route 13 hasn't ha ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
lizandsimon
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Happy times in Vang Vieng
Sep 4, 2003
"Well I'm still in Laos. Someone (who shall remain nameless) has been complaining that my entries are somewhat confusing and it's difficult to tell where I am. So from now on I will ..."
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hils
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Vang Vieng
Mar 11, 2003
(2 photos)
"Day 42 - Vang Vieng Despite the early start, the mood on 'The Happy Bus' was reasonably cheerful. It was in fact a minibus with just five passengers including ourselves which made ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
kandg
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Well i caught the public 'chicken' bus out ...
Feb 2, 2002
"Well I caught the public 'chicken' bus out of Luang Prabang, and headed south on route 13. Going back a few years busses travelling down this route were regulary robbed by armed Hm ..."
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faces
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Tubing
Jul 28, 2008
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"Vang Vieng is in a beautiful setting, surrounded by karst mountain ranges and with the Nam Song running through. This is a backpacker town and there are GH's everywhere. There are ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
faff
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Vang Vieng
Mar 20, 2008
(9 photos)
"What a crazy place? One of the South-East Asian 'to do' places which people had been raving about since the start of our trip, we were excited to visit Vang Vieng. Walking around t ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
kimandrob
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western civilisation!
Mar 4, 2008
(12 photos)
"We were quite shocked when we arrived to find a deserted town filled with bars and restaurants, episodes of friends blaring out and western food on every menu. Couldnt ev ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang vieng by
tomsontravels
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Tubing
Oct 10, 2006
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"'Friends' and 'The Simpsons' in every restaurant, cafe and bar. Great few hours floating down the Nam Song river on tractor inner tubes...stopping only for beers, deathslides and t ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
gilesandjane
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Tubing Boomers
May 2, 2008
"3 hours north of Vientiane is a little slice of heaven called Vang Vieng. The magnificent beauty of this lush riverside village will make you forget to breath when you try an ..."
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amwiley
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Kayaking, Hiking, and Cave Exploration
May 19, 2007
(10 photos)
"I arrived in the gorgeous riverside 'town' called Vang Vieng around 5.30pm after a 4 hour bus ride from Vientiane. Very scenic along the way - and quite quick as far as bus trips g ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
dwarner
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See You at the Simpsons Restaurant
Dec 9, 2006
(11 photos)
"After three great days in Luang Prabang, our group started to break apart. The majority of us (including two more Irish: Owen and Aine and a fellow Floridian: Burns) headed s ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
mistahall
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Drugs, tubes and rock and roll...
Oct 24, 2006
"Hello from Vang Vieng, the best place we've stayed so far and one of the weirdest places on the planet. Vang Vieng is a tiny town consisting of two streets next to a river. It look ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
rconkling
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My life flashes before...
Apr 9, 2007
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"I'm really tired of these damned buses. Mini buses, VIP buses, Public buses. I thought they were amusing and even exciting at first, when I arrived in Thailand, but even I am not t ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
fourloves
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Festive antics
Dec 25, 2006
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"What did you do for Christmas? We learned to rock climb. Karst - Never liked it to be honest, I think I was scarred by a couple of trips in the damp fog to what was supposed to be ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
ellatienefuego
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Chiang Mai to Luang Prabang
Jul 6, 2007
(5 photos)
"Day 8 (Monday 2nd July) Monday morning after an OK sleep (using our mosquito nets & coils for the first time) & delicious muesli/fruit/yogurt breakfast, we frantically rush ..."
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bhavish
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Laos
Jun 8, 2008
(22 photos)
"Before I left Luang Prabang, we decided to see the waterfalls outside of town. It was quite beautiful and great fun to swim in. We were warned of leeches and flashbacks from the m ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
skydive4life
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Vang Vieng...
Feb 13, 2005
"Hard to believe I was going to miss this place! There´s not much to it. A potholed main street surrounded by hotels and cafes. Vang Vieng is well known for having cafes that ALL sh ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
desertedisland
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Chilling in Vang Vieng
Feb 25, 2007
(1 photo)
"hi all. sorry for once again been slow in updating the blog but you'd understand if you were here! (sparse internet places) so last thing I was saying was about our evil bus trip f ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
barbarabryson
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The Comforts of Home
Feb 7, 2007
(4 photos)
"Don't ask me what it is about walking down the main dustry street of Vang Vieng that makes my thoughts turn dark when I see restaurants packed with reclining tourists watching epis ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
loronaaa
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Beer tubing
May 19, 2005
(5 photos)
"There wasn't that much to do in Vang Vieng but it's hard not to become accustomed to the extremely laid back lifestyle they provide for you - it gets hard to leave! After checking ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
lucy_and_matt
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Laos
Jan 16, 2007
(10 photos)
"Flew into Vientiane, the capital of the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic or Laos to you and me, a few days ago. Got oriented in the captial before moving to Vang Vieng, a proper tra ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
rich_thomas
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So that's how they make rice...!
Nov 6, 2006
(10 photos)
"Got ourselves a combo bus ticket for our trip north thru Laos with a stopover for a couple of days in Vang Vieng. This dusty little town is not known for anything special itself ex ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
thewjgirls
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Vang Vieng
Nov 6, 2007
(29 photos)
"Tuesday 6th and we arrive in Vang Vieng after a 5 hour bus journey which was pretty comfy as bus journeys go! After trekking about a bit to find somewhere to pitch up we ended up s ..."
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felicityb
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The one when the pedal fell off
Feb 24, 2006
(9 photos)
"Friday morning we became multi-millionaires as Steve withdrew 4 million kip (200 pounds) from the bank, hopefully enough to last us our stay in Laos as there are no international A ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
escapefromuk
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Beer and Tubing
Feb 7, 2007
(3 photos)
"After a very cold 5.30am ride in a tuk tuk to the bus station we got on our 'express bus' to Vang Vieng. I use the word express lightly as it took a while to wind through the ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
sarahandaimee
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Vang Vieng
Sep 22, 2008
"Arret a Vang Vieng ...etape pour mon anniversaire et ce sans mes amis...dur dur.Mes potes anglais se sont arranges pour que je ne pense pas a ca. Vang Vieng c est une ville pour le ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
liviou
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Vang Vieng
Apr 25, 2008
(17 photos)
"Fri 25th April 2008 When booking our ride north to vang vieng we thought we would splash out the extra pound and travel VIP. But it was no suprise that what eventually came to pick ..."
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gemandsam
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Relax
Nov 30, 2004
(5 photos)
"after a 6 hour mini bus ride through the Laos mountains where we saw more beautiful scenery, drove through the clouds and passed a few guys with guns (2nd most dangerous road in th ..."
A travel blog entry from Vang Vieng by
looandnick
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Limestone caves and cliffs
May 8, 2006
(8 photos)
"Vang Vieng, May 8 Miles travelled: 71687 Taking a bus to Vang Vieng is a Dramamine-worthy experience, especially when the bus driver is driving like he's in a Formula 1 race, passi ..."
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thechans
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