Off to Vang Vieng

Well the journey to Vang Vieng didn't go quite as planned, I was leaving Hanna and Cajsa at the bus station and they were heading east over to Vietnam.  We all got to the bus station and they got on a lovely air con mini bus and I ended up with a very local bus that looked as if it wouldn't get out of the bus station!  Once we were on our way it became apparent that the bus didn't have any air con and the door didn't shut so all the dust from the tracks went straight into the bus, it was like a red sandstorm inside!.  As normal we broke down a couple of times and went a break neck speed down the winding road, I was due to get into Vang Vieng at 1am so when we got into Luang Prabang I decided that I would jump off the bus and spend the night there before continuing my journey the next day, the idea of wandering around Vang Vieng trying to find somewhere to stay wasn't too appealing.

The next morning I was able to catch a mini bus, it was total luxury compared to the bus the day before but was full of backpackers not locals.  The drive to Vang Vieng was amazing, the road wound up for the first half to go across the valley and then down in the second part, thankfully the driver wasn't going that fast as I thought the girl next to me was going to throw up!We arrived in Vang Vieng in the afternoon, the town isn't much to look at as it's full of western tourists who go there for tubing but the surrounding area is very beautiful, hopefully it wont be too hot in the day to do anything!