River Bars, Tubing and Mopeds!

Dom and I in Vientiene (the capital city of Lao). We're in some dodgy little night club with some Lao woman singing or shall I say trying to sing. I went to the bathroom and a Lao woman sprayed her perfume on me. Maybe she thought I needed it? I just laughed and said aw coon (thank-you)

Aimee, Tiffany and I at dinner with Tom and Dom in Vientiene.




Tiff and I at one of the rapids we went down kayaking from Vang Vieng to Vientiene. Er, wait? Wasn't that the only rapid? ...lol

Some children working by the river where we arrived after our kayaking adventure.
My English friend Aimee. She's from Liverpool and I absolutely think she's the best!!

Aimee and I. Aren't we pretty!! See you round like a doughnut Aimee!

Me on the Moped. Saaweet!! Tiff and I took turns driving. Dom and Amy were on another and Tom and Sarah on a third. It was all good until Amy crashed hers into mine! See below.

Check out the view of the river from our guesthouse. Ahhh.

Tiffany and I at the waterfalls. Dude who took this shot didn't do a very good job at getting the waterfalls in. But, c'est la vie =)

Feb 15-18

Vang Vieng... Whoa tourist place! Ah well, I enjoyed my time by the little bar huts right over the river. Sarah, Tom, Dom, Tiff, and a new British friend Aimee and I all hung out tons, played cards, swam, drank beer Lao, and well that's about it...

One day we spent tubing down the river where you could stop at bars along the way and of course drink beer (a little too early for me, but not for most) and play on the rope swings and zip lines and such. Super touristy cheesy, but nonetheless it was fun. I did some double back flips off the rope swings and started a little competition. I know, I'm can be such a showoff at times. Shameful really! Considering that all my years in gymnastics are pretty much good for nothing now, I have to take advantage of the rare moment when I can actually use it! =)

One other memorable day we rented mopeds and explored the surrounding village and some caves too. It was great. I had so much fun driving the moped although if I really thought about it, a little scary perhaps. A combination of no helmets, shorts and t-shirts and crazy Asian roads is enough to give my Mom an ulcer if she only knew. Actually, if I was to drive anywhere this was the place to do it. The traffic was really tame. I want one when I get home!!! Oh yeah, and I can't forget when Aimee crashed her moped into my parked moped with me on it. I didn't see it coming. All I could hear was Dom yelling "brake brake!!!!!" before I had time to turn around Aimee hit me and the next thing I knew I was tossed from my bike and Aimee and I were both on the ground. As soon it was established that everyone was alright we all laughed hysterically over the event. Poor Aimee though ended up with a gigantor bruise on her leg.

We spent the day of the 19th kayaking for 5 or so hours to Vientiane (the capital of Laos). We were just there a couple days. Just long enough to get our Cambodian visas before heading south to 4000 islands in Laos.