More Laos

In Luang Prabang we rented a couple bicycles and rode to a waterfall. We didn't get to the waterfall we were looking for, but did end up in a small village type area which was pretty cool.

We kept running into Darren and Jody from England there, so we travelled with them to Vang Vieng. Actually, on the flight to Luang Prabang, they were sitting next to us on the airport bus, then coincidentally were sitting behind us on the airplane and then we saw them two or three more times in the village and then coincidentally their seats on their bus down to Vang Vieng was again right behind ours. So really we were travelling with them without having to do anything.

Vang Vieng is famous for inner tubing down the river. You rent an innertube and then float down the river. As you float down the river, you float by many many bars playing techno and using poles and ropes to pull the tubers in. Many bars have swings or ziplines to throw you into the river. One bar had Mud volleyball/mud wrestling.

Kim suffered an injury while mud wrestling, so to be safe we took her to the French embassy in Vientiene to have Monsieur Docteur check it out.

Kim's injury is minor - But we saw lots of people on crutches and with broken arms etc coming out of Vang Vieng. Monsieur Docteur told Kim that she was the third person he saw from Vang Vieng the day she was there.

So Vang Vieng is super fun, but also stupid fun.