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This entry recalls the author’s last week in Laos. They passed through Luang Prabang, Vang Vieng and Vientiane. Especially in Vang Vieng, they took part in an kayak tour.

Tuesday 25 November 2008

Am writing from Hanoi, but will try and flash out our last week in Laos.

At my last time of writing I finished at our arrival in Luang Prabang. Luang Prabang used to be the capital of Laos, until the royal family ‘disappeared’. Its known as being beautiful and is a UNESCO site. I’m not sure we really got the beauty of the city, but we certainly had a nice time traveling around the places nearby. We hired bikes to explore one day, and on our second day there we went to a stunningly waterfall at Kuang Si national park. It was really beautiful with some great swimming holes. It felt so refreshing to take a swim. It wasn’t until we had a swim that we realised how much we’d been craving one. Kuang Si also has a really good sanctuary for Asiatic Bears, so interesting place all round.

After our various dodgy modes of transport in the last few weeks we thought we would ourselves to a VIP bus trip to Vang Vieng (7hours from Luang Prabang). Pathetically, I was actually quite looking forward to it, having heard tales of buses of luxury plying the routes in Thailand, with super reclining seats, movies and hostess service all on board. hmmm…. guess this isn’t the case in Laos. We got onto a rattling old bus and once again felt that similar feeling of my knees around my ears… (ok maybe not that bad!).
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