Vang Vieng Vacations, Vang Vieng Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

After our mighty Gibbon adventure it's time for me to catch up with my LaoCrew. The two Israeli, Germans and Poms went on the two day slowboat to Luang Prabang, so if I get there in one day I'm effectively only one day behind. Getting to Luang Prabang in one day from Houay Xai means either catching a bus for 14 hours or taking a speedboat down the Mekong for six hours. Tough choice, not really. Everyone in Laos is eager to tell you horror stories about the speedboats, Lonely Planet most ...

DAY 16 hours blabbing on over beers and 7 hours of a goodnight's sleep on a train. 1 hour powering through hassles. 5 hours incessantly starving on the dusty road. A total of 19 hours exhaustion melted away as soon as I set foot in Vang Vieng. Oh, I was in love again... :) So according to my travel journal, we have arrived at exactly 16:18 already itching to take a shower more than wolfing down food. After finding out that Babylon Guesthouse was already full, we had to look for another one an...

     Nope, Never!!! Well at 8am this morning I was up and packing my bags ready to go kayaking. Trying to decide what I should pack in my daypack. Should I take a first aid kit, is it dangerous, how many changes of clothes, camera, phone, valuables, so many choices!!! Anyway I was ready in time for 9 when the tuk tuk came and picked us up from our hotel. I was almost glad to be getting away from Vang Vieng after being there for 6 days. ...

Rock Climbing was on the top of my list for things to do in South East Asia.  I new there were really good places around but the only one I new by name before getting over here was the Thai mecca, Krabi.  It just so happens that the three people I was traveling with when going through Vang Vieng were also interested in climbing.  This place ended up being an excellent place to take a lead climbing course, mostly because of the very reasonable prices compared to Thailand.&...