Vang Vieng
Well that is where i am now (in Laos). It is very cool here and very chilled out.
Yesterday, me and this Dutch guy Eric rented some motorbikes and ripped around the town. We even spend by the local law inforcement here (this country is communist so they all carry AK-47's and such). We then went tubing with this dumb American girl and this other dutch guy. Picture tubing like the Penticton canal, with stations scattered along the riverbank every 20-30 meters that sell beer and have cliff jumping and rope swinging from trees. Yeah, that's right folks, it kicked ass. And I have the video's on my camera to prove it.
Today me and the Eric guy went on this day trip where you gave cave hiking and tubing. The caves sorta sucked (i also fell into a hole and ripped up part of a toenail - here's to hoping it doens't get infected! Don't worry mom it wont!) The tubing was cool tho. You basically go into the mountainside riding a tube with a group of people for 500 meters or so with some shtty flashlight to show you what not to run in to.
This whole town plays Friends (you were right Nat)! All the restaurants have it playbg 16 hours a day to get the tourists into it. I officially hate Friends now.
Some fun facts I learned in Laos:
- They use Kip not Baut for currency. 1 Baut is 267 Kip. So when I cash in approx. 70 CDN I get over 500,000 Kip - Makes you feel rich for about 3 days!
- They have Beer Lao which is there one and only beer. It is supposedly the best beer in Asia. That is cool with me as long as it still costs $1!
- They have a 12AM curfew they try to impose which can suck when you have had a few too many and are lost (this totally does not sount like a Tyler thing to do now does it??)
- To add to the post pervious. Don't drink the night before having to take a 6 hour minibus ride through bumpy and turny mountains (again not me).
SupaTy
- Saa Baa Dee (sp?) is 'Hello' and 'Goodbye'
Yesterday, me and this Dutch guy Eric rented some motorbikes and ripped around the town. We even spend by the local law inforcement here (this country is communist so they all carry AK-47's and such). We then went tubing with this dumb American girl and this other dutch guy. Picture tubing like the Penticton canal, with stations scattered along the riverbank every 20-30 meters that sell beer and have cliff jumping and rope swinging from trees. Yeah, that's right folks, it kicked ass. And I have the video's on my camera to prove it.
Today me and the Eric guy went on this day trip where you gave cave hiking and tubing. The caves sorta sucked (i also fell into a hole and ripped up part of a toenail - here's to hoping it doens't get infected! Don't worry mom it wont!) The tubing was cool tho. You basically go into the mountainside riding a tube with a group of people for 500 meters or so with some shtty flashlight to show you what not to run in to.
This whole town plays Friends (you were right Nat)! All the restaurants have it playbg 16 hours a day to get the tourists into it. I officially hate Friends now.
Some fun facts I learned in Laos:
- They use Kip not Baut for currency. 1 Baut is 267 Kip. So when I cash in approx. 70 CDN I get over 500,000 Kip - Makes you feel rich for about 3 days!
- They have Beer Lao which is there one and only beer. It is supposedly the best beer in Asia. That is cool with me as long as it still costs $1!
- They have a 12AM curfew they try to impose which can suck when you have had a few too many and are lost (this totally does not sount like a Tyler thing to do now does it??)
- To add to the post pervious. Don't drink the night before having to take a 6 hour minibus ride through bumpy and turny mountains (again not me).
SupaTy
- Saa Baa Dee (sp?) is 'Hello' and 'Goodbye'
posted by SupaTy at 4:11 a.m.
1 Comments:
Brad,
I just changed my flight to come home tomorrow cuz of your new toy. Ok, maybe not but that is still flicken sweet. I guess I'll have to come by when I get home.
Oh, I hope this friend isn't Kirk. I still have nightmares.
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