Even though there is some stunning scenery here the main reason people visit is to enjoy the outdoor recreation - the most popular pursuit being - TUBING!We arrived in the afternoon and decided to save the tubing for the next day so as we were staying right on the river it seemed only right to make use of it. That's me (Keith) taking a swim. An apple came floating by so I picked it up and chucked it to one of the kids - before I knew it there was a major games of 'three bad eggs' going on.
Just look at that view, this is from the restaurant at the guest house we were staying.
A novel way of crossing the river. These vehicles (if you could call them that) are powered by what looks like a mutilated tractor. The front wheels have gone and all that remains is a kind of engine on a stick suspended on two wheels - still it doesn't stop them. This particular model is the off road SUV with river bed driving modification kit.
Another fine example of health and safety! That's me hanging on to the back of the tuk-tuk on the way to the tubing start point.
Well how about this for a lazy day. The trip down the Nam Song actually only takes two hours but the idea is that you stop off in the makeshift bars on the way down and participate in a little beverage or three - it would be rude not to!!
At an average speed of 1 mile an hour, a sunny day and cool water you have to wonder if life can get better than this!
Most of the 'bars' have also 'knocked up' wooden contraptions acting like a huge rope swing - zero health and safety standards here! After a few beers the idiots swing out and drop into the river - zoom in on the picture and see if you recognise that fool!
The 'fool' really showing off doing it again but with only one arm.
As you come down the river, the bar owners send the kids out to guide you ashore - or they throw you a line and you haul yourself in. Too tired to do that? The kids will even sell you cold beers from their cool boxes - SORTED!!!
There's the odd 'natural' obstacle like rapids, shallows and the wallowing herd of ........ mmmm well, we know what they are and we're prepared to offer free tea to the first correct answer - if you think you know, a clue would be they are neither pigs nor hippopotamuses. We nearly ran into this lot, which would have been bad, but the biting flies around them was even worse. A quick detour was made to the other side of the river!
At an average speed of 1 mile an hour, a sunny day and cool water you have to wonder if life can get better than this!
Most of the 'bars' have also 'knocked up' wooden contraptions acting like a huge rope swing - zero health and safety standards here! After a few beers the idiots swing out and drop into the river - zoom in on the picture and see if you recognise that fool!
The 'fool' really showing off doing it again but with only one arm.
As you come down the river, the bar owners send the kids out to guide you ashore - or they throw you a line and you haul yourself in. Too tired to do that? The kids will even sell you cold beers from their cool boxes - SORTED!!!
There's the odd 'natural' obstacle like rapids, shallows and the wallowing herd of ........ mmmm well, we know what they are and we're prepared to offer free tea to the first correct answer - if you think you know, a clue would be they are neither pigs nor hippopotamuses. We nearly ran into this lot, which would have been bad, but the biting flies around them was even worse. A quick detour was made to the other side of the river!
Just after that it was time to get out, scrub up and go for a curry (never mind what colour!). What a lazy day on the river!! ........There's all kinds of craft, that'll make you go daft for messing about on the water...........
Free Cup of tea answers: Milly - although we'd love to give you a free cuppa, the bridge is not made of teak! Everything else around here is, but not the bridge. Neither is it made from "old rope from Hendon" - Anonymous. The correct answer was received in a matter of minutes from the tea engorged household of the Sandersfields - the bridge is in fact made entirely from bamboo cane - and don't you know it when it when it flexes and twists with every step!
After Vang Vieng it was time to check out the capital, but that's the stuff of blogs anew.
7 comments:
quick answer before I nash off to work....water buffalo...if not,a Cambodian version of ye Bull Begg!
That's definitely a horse with a Viking hat on.
Nevermind yer swinging with one arm malarkey, a real man could do it with one finger.
The Russian spy says the animal in water is a water buffalo and you know better than to argue!
This is Sissy J's outsource taking some time off from cleaning her toe jam and defuzzing her belly button , while me master sleeps I thought I'd give you the correct answer to the question , it's a Blue Wildebeest.
See what I mean fellow bloggers....everyone should have an outsourcer! You're mere amateurs if you tackle these things on your own!
Im sure those glases of keith's would of shielded him from those pesky flies. x
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