So... Vang Vieng... and getting there... was horrible. Beautiful sights, but horrible. The roads are SO windy and curvery that everyone one was motion sick. The bus was nice, but the suspension was... something that was missed. 6 hours on the bus was a long time. However, there was beautiful scenery along the way, and lunch at "Spectacular Views" was not a joke. Good food and great views.
Vang Vieng... is known as a back packer's town. It is very western (again this doesn't mean like texas, but it means a 1st world country). There were places to get burgers, and there were definately a lot of backpackers from Europe trekking through. The reason why this place is so famous, is because of the tubing on the River...and the drugs drinking and partying.
Thankfully, my tour group are only slight drinkers, and we partied safely and well together on the river while we tubed. There is no way to explain this experince of tubing down this river in words... and I didn't have a water proof camera to take pictures.
Here is a list of things that I saw and experinced:
-Tubes - as big as tires on a mac truck
-Bars every 20 meters
-Bar menus that included things like Opium Shakes, Mushroom Shakes, Hash Brownies...etc...etc...etc..
-Body Spray painting - This I did participate in on a fully sober mind... I regret this, as I am still covered in hearts and stars that are purple and pink on my arms and legs. I have pictures with me back at the hotel and how 'awesome' I looked
-Free drinks! (I did not accept these, anything I drank on the river, I opened myself)
-Dancing, singing, slides, ziplines, and chaos.
Now, all and all the tour group people came back happy and in one piece. So this was a plus, and I'm glad everyone looked out for everyone else.
Unfortunately- or maybe fortunately it was raining on this day for us. So the river was quite cold.I came back early - only stayed on the river for 3 hours instead of 5 or 6. Therefore, I enjoyed a nice warm shower, and talking with everyone over a meal.... and watching the tubers come back into town.
Interesting day... to say the least. I heard you can look up what tubing is like on youtube... but my guess is that any parents reading this... shouldn't. And note, that I did not partake in any of the extracurricular activities that went on.
The view from our hotel, looked similar to this though during the day:
Vang Vieng... is known as a back packer's town. It is very western (again this doesn't mean like texas, but it means a 1st world country). There were places to get burgers, and there were definately a lot of backpackers from Europe trekking through. The reason why this place is so famous, is because of the tubing on the River...and the drugs drinking and partying.
Thankfully, my tour group are only slight drinkers, and we partied safely and well together on the river while we tubed. There is no way to explain this experince of tubing down this river in words... and I didn't have a water proof camera to take pictures.
Here is a list of things that I saw and experinced:
-Tubes - as big as tires on a mac truck
-Bars every 20 meters
-Bar menus that included things like Opium Shakes, Mushroom Shakes, Hash Brownies...etc...etc...etc..
-Body Spray painting - This I did participate in on a fully sober mind... I regret this, as I am still covered in hearts and stars that are purple and pink on my arms and legs. I have pictures with me back at the hotel and how 'awesome' I looked
-Free drinks! (I did not accept these, anything I drank on the river, I opened myself)
-Dancing, singing, slides, ziplines, and chaos.
Now, all and all the tour group people came back happy and in one piece. So this was a plus, and I'm glad everyone looked out for everyone else.
Unfortunately- or maybe fortunately it was raining on this day for us. So the river was quite cold.I came back early - only stayed on the river for 3 hours instead of 5 or 6. Therefore, I enjoyed a nice warm shower, and talking with everyone over a meal.... and watching the tubers come back into town.
Interesting day... to say the least. I heard you can look up what tubing is like on youtube... but my guess is that any parents reading this... shouldn't. And note, that I did not partake in any of the extracurricular activities that went on.
The view from our hotel, looked similar to this though during the day:
Good Girl!
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