Saturday, Feb 23, 2008

The past three days in Vang Vien have been unforgettable. I will only list the bare minimum for fear that any type of literary reflection would not do justice to the experiences.

Nathan had previously visited Vang Vien around New Years and Christmas and so set us up with a nice place to spend out time. The following day he showed us some sights, which, even upon waking up, are mind blowing; the first of which was the river. Nathan had worked at a bar which sat on the edge of a river, next to countless other bars. The reason for this is that people rent tubes and lazily float down the river, about 4km, at which point the bars appear boasting free shots, cheap drinks, desserts, and most important of all... ROPE SWINGS. So good.

(that's me, cannon-balling a passerby that got to close to my jump target!)

We spent all day drinking and swinging and meeting people and caring for those around us.
The night was long, but the day even longer, and the next morning was spent quickly shaking off a hangover while we prepared for a full day of rock climbing. 7 routes lates and about 7 hours as well we found ourselves sore and ready for a big dinner. But not until I engaged in the plastic beer crate challenge. That was fun.

Oh, we also went caving to a couple of places. One with a buddha inside:

As the boys are watching futbol, and the girls are watching friends in the myriad of bars playing family guy, friends, simpsons, etc I'm catching up on my blog and listening to some tunes. I'm entirely shot and can't wait to sleep tonight.