Vang Vieng

The bus ride from Luang Prabang was 6 hours of HELL.

We got to the bus station at 8am, got on a barely air-conditioned rickety bus, and proceeded through very beautiful, mountainous countryside, where the driver accelerated into the sharp curves and honked the large blast horn at people (including small children), livestock, vehicles, etc that were on the side/in the middle of the road. Good times. LOL.

Vang Vieng is a lovely little town, made me feel a little homesick with the mountains to the north of the main part of town. Hotel is fantastic and super comfortable. We arrives mid-afternoon and caught a tuk-tuk to our accommodation, spent most of the rest of the day chilling out on the roof-top patio and eventually headed off to find dinner. Towards the end of dinner, and basically for the rest of the night, it poured rain and thundered like I have never seen in my life! It was fantastic. Slept very soundly.

Today we were up and out to one of the mountains where we climbed 147 steps up to a cave entrance.. was really cool (but not quite as big as the ones I saw in in Halong Bay, Vietnam). Myself and the girls (shocker I've befriended and spent most of my time with the women) spent some time at a riverside bar and then back to the hotel and our for lunch. Came back and found this lovely free wireless internet, yay! Sipping on a coconut shake as we speak.. mmmmmmmmm

Tonight will be an early night, we are off very early tomorrow morning, a 3 hour (and apparently less hairy) bus ride to the Laotian capital, Vientiane. Tomorrow is our last day in this lovely place!