laos tubing craze destroying town stuff

As the roads in the north especially aren't great and the mountainous roads make for a very windy and slow journey we decided to stop a night en route in the sleepy town of Luang Namtha. There is not much to the place as its mostly used as...


into Nam Song river, Laos


drug menu laos


a rubber tube down the Nam


River tubing Vang Vieng- Laos


Laos tubing craze 'destroying


But things aren't so tranquil

In almost any other town in the world, this might be OK (well, everything except for the gutter part); in a conservative country like Laos, where women do not bare their shoulders or legs, and where married couples are not even supposed to touch in public, the mayhem that goes on in Vang Vieng is completely misplaced and utterly embarrassing for... Sadly, the kind owner of the organic farm, “Mr. T”, blames himself for starting the whole Vang Vieng tubing craze.
Christmas in Vang Vieng, Laos | snackettes.

Up the creek with Simon: Read the story and see 27 photos of a visit to Luang Prabang, Lao Peoples Dem Rep by TravelPod member timbermills.... Kao and people from the village prepared an evening meal of Laab a Laos specialty.......... We then HAD to drink some Laos whiskey.................. This stuff is in a terracotta pot that is... It seems we now have to drink more of this stuff and as we slip through the wee plastic tube they add more water............The girls start with half a cup until...
laos tubing craze destroying town stuff