Vang Vieng, Laos

Vang Vieng is very touristy but a really awesome place. the highlight being innertubing down the river, being pulled in by a stick at various pit stops for drinks and food and ropeswinging or jumping off dodgy wooden diving boards, meeting tons of people at the stops or just floating along the river, it was just so much fun!
the next day we rented bikes and went to thamphoukam cave which was super cool because you could just go in and explore it at will and it was a huge cave and went really deep and um.. for about 10 minutes we got lost and completely lost all sense of direction. after 45 minutes in the cave we came out just in time for a torrential downpour of rain and hail. we biked back home racing the setting sun and had a nice long shower. highlight of the day though was crossing this makeshift bamboo/wodden bridge to discover it was apparently a toll bridge! there was some guy collecting a fee halfway down the bridge! haha so whatever, we payed, but then 10 minutes later we had to cross another small brdige and there was another guy there wanting money and we weren't going to pay because we'd already payed to cross the river and this was just going over a small patch of water. so, best part, we just avoided paying the toll and walked around the bridge! haha the water was super shallow Pictures