Grand View Guest House Vang Vieng

... drop off his aforementioned friend at her home, despite our repeated protestations. What a dick.<br><br>Once we got to Bar I, the sight of numerous fancy dress costumes greeted us, from the more standard: Batman, Spiderman, Superman; to the more ludicrous: a smurf (i.e. whole body covered in blue paint), a bald man wearing a dress, and some completely unidentifiable ensembles that looked like people had just dressed in the dark with great panache. We wasted no time in getting ...

... some beers. We sat down and looked down the river; next to the bar was a platform set high above the river in some tree branches, which you could climb up via some stairs nearby. There was a rope swing attached to a wire running from the platform, and we watched several people going on it, flying back and forwards over the water a few times before dropping into the water below. Me and Mark were definitely up for a go, and I went first. After climbing the steps ...

... right fold out seats, meaning that every time we went round a right hand bend, our seats tipped up; they also had no headrests, so sleep was impossible. Not an enjoyable experience. We also stopped far more times than were necessary, just because the driver fancied a snack or a wander, e.g. we stopped briefly two hours from Vang Vieng, then only forty-five minutes away we stopped for about twenty minutes. Amateur.<br><br>Finally we arrived at our ...

... problems, she went to see her doctor, was diagnosed with colon cancer and was sent to the hospital to have six organs removed. After an excruciating year of chemotherapy, she asked herself what life was all about, locked her door and headed to South East Asia for four months. And we all know why I headed to South East Asia for four months. So what are the chances of the three of us meeting in the same town in the same week??? We spent many quality hours talking, eating and ...

... pack. For a hefty fee by Laos standards, she did a very inefficient job. Just didn't have the tools. Give me a Chinese stitcher anyday, and who'd really have the correct tools to do the job thoroughly.<br>I obviously showered before turning in. Hey! the place actually has water! I'll fill you in on more of the sarcasm later.<br>I think I ambled around the few streets. It's a bit like the WIld West here. It's long ago, I can't remember that exact events anymore.<br>

... their English. What else? Oh monks are terrible cheaters when it comes to Scrabble. A western must officiate.<br><br>The food was great, normally,but one afternoon i ordered thai curry tofu and ended up getting a plateful of horrendous food poisoning (with a hint of dysentery perhaps). Oh brother was that a pain in the ass, literally, and the gut and the throat, and just about every other part of my body too! It was the sickest I have ever been in my entire life.. and ...