Vang Vieng - Tubing

Posted by Brian

Posted on August 6, 2007

Yesterday we went tubing in Vang Vieng. It was great fun. Basically we went to the reception of our bungalows and organised it. Its a fixed price but not sure what we paid. We then got a bus/tuk tuk to the river and floated down in our tubes. You come to little bars on the side at first with little guys selling beer from a cooler box (that isnt very cool)! When you want to go in, they throw you out a rope or a piece of bamboo and pull you in. The current on the river was firly strong but you can swim to the banks easily enough.

When we stopped at the first bar there was a zip line that you can hold on to that and splash into the water. I did that a couple of times and was good fun. When we got bored there we headed down river again where the bars got bigger and we met more and more people. At some of the bars there were swings that again you just go on and let go over the water. What a laugh.

One of the girls missed the last bar so I went down after her. When we got to the end we were the only 2 in our group who stopped where we had. Although it was brilliant. THere was a bar there, with an open fire and loads of huts. In each of the huts there were 2 hammocks. It was so cool. My fist hammock and I have a hunger now for more. Bring it on .com.

Off to get breeakfast now and head to the Laos capital, Vientiane or something like that. I hear the weather has gotten better? And whats this crap about Meath being in an All-Ireland semi-final and Monaghan in a 1/4 final. Things are really messed up over there.