day 203, Vang Vieng

Had a bit of shit sleep as it was freezing, got up for the bus, marched into town to buy some baguettes for the bus and piled into a tiny minibus. Had a shit seat which didn’t have a full back to it, driving half an hour and the driver gets a phone call the myself, Graeme, Lizzy and Liza haven’t paid, of course we had and after 20mins of “yes we have paid” on the phone they find our receipt somewhere and we drive off. Outside the views are stunning but the roads leave a little to be desired. Listened to some music ignoring the group of aussie lads being laddie. 8 and ½ hours later arrived, minus a broken window which stopped off at a mechanics to fix and arrive. Wander round with Graeme till we find our hostel, meet Scottish andy and head out for dinner. Vang Vieng is a paradox, scenery is stunning though it is packed with westerners and bars catering for them with almost every bar showing either friends or family guy. Andy takes us to a bit of a dive which doesn’t have any Tvs (we went there for that reason) and it serves amazing food, it were me, Graeme, Lizzy and Lisee  the dutchies, Myles a scot out working in hong kong as a kayak instructor, Camilla a brazillian and was really good. From there we ran into another couple of dutch girls and headed to a outside pub which was cool with a fire,  had a chat then headed back to the hostel to bed.

view from the bus, picture doesn't do it justice, laos is stunning