Tuuuuubiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing!!!
Trip Start
Jan 16, 2006
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Trip End
Ongoing
Vang Vieng,
Lao Peoples Dem Rep
Sunday, June 17, 2007
Ok got off my bus in Vientiane, got told I had to go to the other Bus Station to go to Vang Vieng. So I went there. Asked to go to Vang Vieng and got offered a lift back to the first bus station to get a bus to Vang Vieng. Told him to fuck off and got the local bus to Vang Vieng from where I was.
And I got there. Journey wasn't too bad. I expected chickens and pigs like we've had on other buses, but there was just a few too many people instead.
Arrived Vang Vieng and ran into the girls! What a stroke of luck. And we ended up finding another really nice really cheap place. Another stroke of luck. And Vang Vieng is awesome.
Vang Vieng by the River
But I don't think that's anything to do with luck.So we set about the town, got some food, went to the pub, bought some gin, drank some on our balcony, went for food and went to bed cos tomorrow is Tuuuubiiiiiiiiiiiing!
Tubing is basically going down the river on a rubber ring. And some bright spark decided to put a bar on the river bank with a rope swing atop a big platform. And the someone else decided to copy them. And someone else. So basically you get to float down the river, get pulled into a bar, drink some beer, swing off some swings, drink some more beer and get back in your rubber ring. And repeat until you're drunk and back at the last stop.
So much fun. We met loads of people doing it and had a wicked day. Though I did bugger up my back on the last swing. I got cocky. And I fell off the swing. From 10 metres. And landed with a SLAP to gasps from the audience and much sympathy upon my stooping return to the bar. "I need another drink".
So got home, showered, and went to the pub! Met Natalie, Alex's little sis and had some drinks there until my new sensible self took over and I retired to my bed in preparation for another, yes another, 9am start. Luang Prabang, i've heard good things, don't let me down...
p.s. I didn't take any photos of the tubing for the reason explained in the following equation:
clumsy me + alcohol + a river = broken camera + tears
QED
