Laos

The view of the Mekong River outside my guest house

I just got back from Laos and it was defiantly an experience. Laos is first of all very different than Thailand. Laos is a lot more under developed and I swear there are a lot more creepy guys in Laos.

Well, I left for Laos Friday at around 8 am to cross the friendship bridge. And let me tell you it was quite the process. In order for anyone to cross the bridge you must get to the bridge, in my case via Tuk Tuk. At the bridge I had to go through Thailand immigration and pay a bunch of fees, such as a lunch time fee or a weekend fee. I then paid for a shuttle to take me across the bridge. Then at the end of the bridge I had to go through Laos immigration and pay for a bunch of fees too.

Going over the Bridge

After the bridge fiasco I got on a Tuk Tuk to get to Valitine and hung out there for the day.

Buddhist Park

Victory Arch

View from the top of the Victory Arch

That night I took a bus ride to get to Vien Vang. The bus stopped at Vien Vang on a random side of the road and I was very disappointed that the town was very small and wanted to go home. But, the next morning I saw that outside my window there were a ton of mountains covered with rainforest. I got there really late at Viene Vang is way pretty. I went kayaking and caving. I left for kayaking with others and first of all Shirley and I couldn’t kayak together so I ended up kayaking with one of the leaders. We all kayaked for an hour and then stopped for lunch were people were tubing down the river and good thing we stopped because it started pouring rain. After about an hour and half we kayaked some more until we got to the caves. On the way from back from the caves I had to pretty much bush whack where the trail was and since it was raining I fell every step of the way down. Now I’m sick after this weekend trip and that’s all for now.