After a long nearly 4 hour bus ride my next stop in Laos was Vang Vieng, which is well known for tubing and other water activities! I really liked Luang Prabang so I thought that nothing could really top it but arriving in Vang Vieng and seeing all the beautiful scenery I think it was going to be pretty close - another lazy beautiful riverside town built in the middle of the mountains! Again, similar to Luang Prabang, it has a really chilled vibe (apparently most of Laos is like this!) I stayed on the main road which runs through Vang Vieng, not far from the river. Conveniently all the bars, restaurants and hostels are all on this road so you really don't need to walk far or rent bikes! Thankfully my hostel had a pool which was defiantly needed in the 35+ degree heat.
On my first day I signed up to go tubing. This is what Laos and Vang Vieng in particular are famous for! Basically you get given a rubber ring and you float down the river stopping at bars along the way... It's an all day event and is really fun but has been regulated a lot over the past few years. Obviously alcohol and water activities don't really go well together! We started the day at midday at the first bar then we set off down the river and stopped at 3 more bars along the way. I ended the evening with a pad Thai and mango sticky rice... followed my an early night!
The next day a group of us decided to rent a driver and thought it would be a good idea to do a hike to see one of the view points called Pangern Viewpoint... probably not the best idea considering we were all very hungover from tubing! The hike was pretty hard and it was midday so possibly the worst time to be out in the sun. It took us about an hour to get to the top but the views were defiantly worth it... Reason 57 why I love Laos: The Views!
After the hike we drove through the dusty streets and local Laos villages for about 40 minutes to get to Blue Lagoon number 4! There is numbers 1,2,3, 4 and 5 but I'd read/heard that 4 was the best as it was furthest away from town so there is less people there! It was what we needed after the hike to cool down. Also time to get some much needed food as well!
A few of us did also end up doing another small hike through a cave to see another view point which I think was actually better than the one we did earlier but who'd have known!! We left the lagoon just as the sun was setting and time for a drink back in town!
My final and last stop in Laos and of travelling :( will be in Vientiane! So my next post will be all about that!
On my first day I signed up to go tubing. This is what Laos and Vang Vieng in particular are famous for! Basically you get given a rubber ring and you float down the river stopping at bars along the way... It's an all day event and is really fun but has been regulated a lot over the past few years. Obviously alcohol and water activities don't really go well together! We started the day at midday at the first bar then we set off down the river and stopped at 3 more bars along the way. I ended the evening with a pad Thai and mango sticky rice... followed my an early night!
The next day a group of us decided to rent a driver and thought it would be a good idea to do a hike to see one of the view points called Pangern Viewpoint... probably not the best idea considering we were all very hungover from tubing! The hike was pretty hard and it was midday so possibly the worst time to be out in the sun. It took us about an hour to get to the top but the views were defiantly worth it... Reason 57 why I love Laos: The Views!
After the hike we drove through the dusty streets and local Laos villages for about 40 minutes to get to Blue Lagoon number 4! There is numbers 1,2,3, 4 and 5 but I'd read/heard that 4 was the best as it was furthest away from town so there is less people there! It was what we needed after the hike to cool down. Also time to get some much needed food as well!
A few of us did also end up doing another small hike through a cave to see another view point which I think was actually better than the one we did earlier but who'd have known!! We left the lagoon just as the sun was setting and time for a drink back in town!
My final and last stop in Laos and of travelling :( will be in Vientiane! So my next post will be all about that!
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