I only stayed in luang probang for a few days in the end before heading down to Vang Vieng home of the infamous tubing. I went on our first day there and it was mental. Basically tubing involves renting a tube, getting a tuk tuk to the river and then floating down the river, stopping off at the dozen bars along the way having a drink (or 2) having a go on the rope swings, zip wires, slides and other activities and the floating on to the next bar. This is one of the most dangerous activities i've ever undertaken, as the water is deep and fast flowing, the rope swings and slides are pretty big but if you let go at the wrong time you may end up on the rocks and a lot of the time the 'tubers' float underneath you as your swings along. Oh yea there's lots of cheap booze some people get drunk as do stupid things. Unsurprisingly there have been a fair few fatalites on the route. So dangerous but great fun. The firstt time i did it i started at 12.30 but didn't complete the course as it was dark before we left the last bar so we ended up getting out on a stoney beach and then clawed our way into a construction site before a tuk tuk came and picked us up. It was an interesting experience. I then found a job helping to promote a bar, i got free accomodation and free food which was cool but it wasn't as fun as i thought it was going to be so i left after 4 days. It gave me another opportunity to go tubing though and this time i finished the course. I'm now in Vientiane for a few days and am going to get the 22 hour bus to Hanoi.
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