Laos
Luang Prabang is a charming little town set amongst lush mountains with loads of French influence. We spent our first day just wandering around enjoying being in civilization and the novelty of friendly local people who weren't only trying to get our money. On our Second day we hired a tuk tuk and dove up to a nearby multi-tiered waterfall. The water was bright ice blue and flowing through beautiful green forest. We clambered up a steep path to the very top of the waterfall and after a bit of tarzan-style trekking across the edge of a cliff and down some mini-flumes we found a perfect swimming spot which was wonderfully refreshing after the hot sun, and we spent a fun afternoon with Pam and Rob drinking beer and jumping off smaller falls into the deep pools below.
Our next stop was the small town of Viang Vieng which is famous on the backpacker trail for the awesome river tubing you can do there. Needless to say we spent the next day floating down the fast flowing river in the sunshine on inflated tractor tyre inner tubes. Every few hundred meters or so there are riverside bars where you can land your tyre, have a drink and swing from an assortment of zip-lines and rope swings into the river. Its great fun and you meet loads of people but you have to be careful when you land that you swim hard back towards the shore, or the river will sweep you on to the next bar without your tyre! This becomes more important the more bars you hit and the swings get higher and higher. At the last bar Pam managed to belly flop from 8 Metres..ouch!
Viang Vieng is also set in mountainous green countryside and on our last day we hired motorbikes and negotiated the rough stone roads to visit several caves dotted around the cliffs all of which seemed to have natural turquoise swimming pools near the base. At one we swam all the way into a cave, fighting against a fast flowing current of clear water only to find the biggest spider waiting for us in the darkness.
Our last stop in Laos was the capital Vientiane, we explored the city for 3 days visiting markets, eating great food, watching sunsets and generally enjoying Laos, its a great country with great people, great culture and unbelievably beautiful scenery. It was here, after 2 amazing weeks in Laos, that we said goodbye to our good friends Rob and Pam who flew East to Vietnam while we took a flight South to Pnomh Phen the hectic capital of Cambodia.
Our next stop was the small town of Viang Vieng which is famous on the backpacker trail for the awesome river tubing you can do there. Needless to say we spent the next day floating down the fast flowing river in the sunshine on inflated tractor tyre inner tubes. Every few hundred meters or so there are riverside bars where you can land your tyre, have a drink and swing from an assortment of zip-lines and rope swings into the river. Its great fun and you meet loads of people but you have to be careful when you land that you swim hard back towards the shore, or the river will sweep you on to the next bar without your tyre! This becomes more important the more bars you hit and the swings get higher and higher. At the last bar Pam managed to belly flop from 8 Metres..ouch!
Viang Vieng is also set in mountainous green countryside and on our last day we hired motorbikes and negotiated the rough stone roads to visit several caves dotted around the cliffs all of which seemed to have natural turquoise swimming pools near the base. At one we swam all the way into a cave, fighting against a fast flowing current of clear water only to find the biggest spider waiting for us in the darkness.
Our last stop in Laos was the capital Vientiane, we explored the city for 3 days visiting markets, eating great food, watching sunsets and generally enjoying Laos, its a great country with great people, great culture and unbelievably beautiful scenery. It was here, after 2 amazing weeks in Laos, that we said goodbye to our good friends Rob and Pam who flew East to Vietnam while we took a flight South to Pnomh Phen the hectic capital of Cambodia.
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