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Saturday, Jun 03, 2006

Swinging in Vangers

David Murray
2007-03-04 09:58:18

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Things have come along way in Laos. Before, you either took a local bus or a ute, now they have VIP buses, so we decided to use this as they are only meant to take three hours.

Four and a half hours later, we arrived. The three of us grabbed a hotel and then went for lunch. Vang Vieng has grown up. There are now loads of guesthouses and restaurants. I think it is called progress !!! We had some and went for a walk. As it was quite hot, and I remembered from last time the fun I had in riding an innertube down the local river, I convinced the other two to do it. We also found Colin and George and they decided to come as well. We found a man, paid, and then we were off. The driver decided to be a shit and tried to kick us out early. I told him to fuck off and to take us to the proper place. And he then did !!! We jumped in, and as we went down the river, there were bars everywhere. Some had flying foxes, others had jumps or swings. As we had started pretty late, we decided to go straight through to the end. 1.5 hours later, we were back in Vangers. We had dinner, and after a while, Colin, George and Lucy left Welf and me as we gad another Beer Lao to finish. Then the heavens opened up, and it poured and poured. We sat there for a long time, before we were given an umbrella and kicked out for the night

Beer Lao's Drunk - 4
Beer Lao's Total - 23

We were meant to go trekking but it was still raining, so we hung around and did nothing, then I came up with a great idea, why don't we go tubing again. After lunch, the three of us went off. This time was different though, the water was higher and much faster. It didn't take us long before we reached the bar with the trapeze type swing. It seemed like t hat everyone was drinking Beer Lao, so I joined in. Welf decided that he didn't need Dutch courage, so he climbed 10 metres up to the platform, and off he went. He made it around halfway before he ...