Vang Vieng, Lao Peoples Dem Rep Travel Blogs

Vang Vieng
Mar 20, 2008 (9 photos)

... in South-East Asia" I decided to decline. Rob decided it would be "well funny" and went for it. See the videos! I left Vang Vieng relieved to still have my boyfriend in one piece and covered in crazy bruises and cuts from spending the day sat inside a ...

A Totally Tubular Experience
Jan 12, 2007 (24 photos)

... a lurk in the eeriest sense of the word. Everyone comes to Vang Vien to float down the river in an inner tube, making Vang Vien a totally tubular experience. Now there's an 80's expression for you! Here's the deal: You pay $4 for an 18-wheeler tire ...

In The Tubing
May 15, 2009 (14 photos)

Vang Vieng, ahhh only a few hours from Vientiane so we got a more local style of bus than the king of bus, which was fine. V V itsself is a backpacker mecca, there are many many guesthouses, on the bus we met a guy who'd been before and he showed us to ...

Lazy Tubing and High Flyers
Mar 8, 2006 (9 photos)

... the tuk tuk drivers, caus there the same everywhere. We loaded ourselves onto a local bus, and made the comfortable 3 hour trip to Vang Vien, the trip being slowed a little by a load of locals on the beer in the morning, needing toilet brakes. Just like ...

Detox needed after this little jaunt...
Mar 9, 2005 (6 photos)

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 that is also the local landing strip, lots of restaurants and bars, all ...

New Year's Tubing and a day in Luang Prabang
Jan 1, 2009 (14 photos)

... to meet back up with Tom Mills - that's right, it was time to throw Tibbs back into the equation!! We arrived in Vang Vieng and Tibbs had already booked a bungalow for us, so it was pretty stress free... Vang Vieng is famous for two ...

Side Street and Helicopter Photos
Jan 28, 2007 (9 photos)

We wandered over into this other area of Vang Vieng past the air field, which is actually called the abandoned airfield despite the fact that it is obviously still used on occasion.  These kids were cute, and everyone was very interested in the ...

So laid back that we are going in reverse!!
Aug 30, 2008 (7 photos)

I will add more detail later, but basically today we did b*gger all. Got out of bed at about 11am. Went for a fry up at the Sakura cafe. Went for a walk down to the river. Lazed in the hammocks by the river. Came back for shower. Then Skyped me mum. ...

Saddle sore - soothed in the lagoon!
Sep 2, 2008 (36 photos)

... went tubing the other day and the plan was made to go again tomorrow. We also met Steve & Jay (girl), who had just arrived in Vang Vieng and invited them to come along with our group. Vinnie & Irma also said they'd come - should be a good day. Then it all ...

Death Bus to Vang Vieng
Aug 29, 2008 (17 photos)

I think the bus to take us to Vang Vieng was owned by the same company the provided the plane to Laos! It was falling to bits on the outside, but on the inside there were curtains, tassles and even mini chandeliers for lights!! Pimp my ride or what?!? ...

Journey to the Center of the Earth
Jan 29, 2007 (26 photos)

... to go and we had to get away from the Friends DVDs for a while.    There are probably a dozen caves around Vang Vieng that are open to the public, and this was one of the lesser visited sites.  There were a handful of people sitting ...

A Ride Around the Countryside
Jan 31, 2007 (18 photos)

We rented a motorbike for $5 and set out to explore the area.  We had crossed the river and gone West on foot, but we wanted to go farther north and see some of the smaller villages and perhaps some caves.  I was sort of soured on the caving ...

Day 66
Nov 19, 2006 (6 photos)

... .30am the water was nice and warm. It's not just a relaxing 6km ride back - the river side is punctuated by shack bars selling Lao beer and giving away Lao whiskey! Trees have speakers tied to them and play Bob Marley mostly at a good volume. The bars ...

Chapter 38: Metro Laos
May 11, 2004 (25 photos)

... backpacker faves, and of course drinks. The feel of the place made me nostalgic for the similar (but mellower) Gili Trawangan. Vang Vieng is an interesting town, as its reputation as a backpacker's haven has grown enormously in the last 5-10 years. ...

New and Repeated Friends
Sep 7, 2006 (5 photos)

... much to Steve's protesting as I opted for more kip for less Lao kip by getting a cheaper later ticket. The bus to Vang Vieng saw something of an exodus from Luang Prabang with the two Dutch girls, two Australians and the two Spanish sisters, Idoia and ...

Tube Recovery!
Sep 2, 2008 (8 photos)

... had a meat lovers pizza here and some drinks - they do really good pizzas at this café! As we have decided to stay in Vang Vieng for 3 more days, we have decided to fly from Luang Prabang to Chaing Mai instead of taking the slow boat to Chaing Rai first. ...

Tubing....AGAIN!!
Sep 3, 2008 (5 photos)

... be the same. We took beers with us on our tubes a few times, which was great just floating down the river drinking a cold beer lao! We were totally knackered when we got back from tubing, so after some dinner and a few beers at Sanaxay & Jaidees, we ...

Tubing
Jul 28, 2008 (15 photos)

... drown here. In fact, only last week a young American guy died tubing. Also, we met these two Irish lads (many Irish in Vang Vieng, they come to Laos only to do tubing). They had been tubing the day before and got totally shit faced. They ended up way ...

Vang Vieng dump or paradise?
Dec 16, 2005

... have gone. I wanted to come to a country with culture and history, to meet the locals and do simple things like treking, to me Vang Vieng feels like a run down holiday resort that you can find anywhere on the coast line of Spain. To say we didn't like it ...

A day of nothingness - We may finally leave here!
Sep 4, 2008 (8 photos)

... get a late brekky and decided on a day of nothingness as we recovered from yesterdays tubing. We have decided that we have to leave Vang Vieng one day, so we have decided to book the bus to Luang Prabang for tomorrow. The bus journey is going to take 7 ...

Drowning Man......It Sure Can Rain!
Jul 12, 2004 (2 photos)

... 20 or so vehicles on the 6 hour journey! Scenery was stunning, as we pass the occassional village, and then arrive at Vang Vieng. Surprise surprise, they drop you at their preferred guest house, but I decide to walk around, in the pouring rain, down ...

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 people on the journey.  The old woman sitting next to me serenaded me for ...

How Now Brown Cow in Laos - it rhymes!
Apr 15, 2004 (2 photos)

... brown cows and they tend to live in the middle of the road so it was more dodging cows than cars. We arrived in Vang Vieng remarkably unscathed and were dropped off on an old airstrip which lies parallel to Vang Viengs main and only street. We made our ...

Vang Vieng
Jan 27, 2007 (16 photos)

Vang Vieng sits on the banks of the Song River with incredible mountains and lush forest as a backdrop, and rice paddies and fields everywhere in between.  Hotel rooms are cheap (ours was $5 and the hotel had two balconies that enjoyed incredible ...

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, taken about 4 km upriver from the town and set on your own to float where ...

Tubing Fun
Nov 17, 2005 (4 photos)

... tube so that their ass floats in the water, before pushing away from the bank and letting the current slowly float them back to Vang Vieng. Along the way there is also the added benefit of letting the sun do it's work on their pasty white skin! We were ...

Land of the Happy Shakes
Mar 24, 2009 (7 photos)

Having regained a bit of my former strength, I decided that it was once again time to move on. Next destination - Vang Vieng, a small town renowned for attracting backpackers who drink, do drugs, and watch “Friends” reruns at the numerous TV ...

Tuuuuuuuuuuubes!!
Sep 1, 2008 (15 photos)

... the river!! As a caring husband, I did the only sensible thing I could - absolutely p**sed myself and ordered another beer lao! Unfortunately, we had used all the photos on the disposable camera, so I couldn't get a souvenir of the incident. We left her ...

Still lazing around
Nov 18, 2005 (1 photos)

Guess what I did today?? Yes, I went tubing again and if anything it was even more fun than yesterday! There was a really good group today and the weather was incredible. TIme to get rid of the pasty white and get the traditional English tan! Red all over ...

Week Fourteen - Laos
Dec 2, 2003 (25 photos)

... bag on his knee and v little legroom. We also realise that this bus is going to take us the whole 4 hour journey to Vang Vieng. Happily the minibus bursts into smoke after an hour so able to get off and stretch legs. Locals, smilingly, bring us out stools ...