Vang Vieng, Laos

A long hard day on a very windy road and we rolled into the backpacker's mecca of Vang Vieng. Bars, restaurants and lots of western tourists. There isn't a whole lot to the town but some how people manage to stay for days, sitting in bars which show Friends and Family Guy on tv's. Thankfully we were only here for the one day so some of us booked into the 'must do' thing which is tubing. The basic principle is that you float down the river in a tube for a couple of miles stopping at various river side bars and drinking a lot of Laos whisky. It was great fun as after 24 hours of solid rain the river was very fast, but not the safest of activities to participate in. Nearly 5 hours later we all made it back to shore. I managed to pick up a few cuts and bruises along the way from trees but at least I didn't float all the way down the river to Cambodia!

In Vientiene, the capital now, so hopefully a couple of good days to come.