Partying & messin about, Laos

Had an awesome 8-day vacation in Laos in Feb. Three ass-kickers – the bars/cafes, the booze, n d clean, clear river that runs through the town.

We landed in Vientiane and jumped into a van to Vang Vien immediately. Coz dats where its at.

Vang Vien is goddam beautiful, especially adventure stuff, the river and the hills.

I have a general policy to not travel the same place twice, but might make an exception for Vang Vien. It’s a mix of nature, adventure and partying.

We rented a couple of motorcycles (about RM20/day) that were real useful. Trashed them well – off-road n shit, to get to cool spots to drink n party by d river. And some caving.

Beer Lao is Laos’ best-kept secret. The best beer I had in years. Joleen, who dislikes beer, started drinkin beer there. Haha. It’s like two bucks a beer, and available everywhere. And i mean EVERYWHERE. Even under a bridge, by its pillar, while you’re kayaking or tubing downriver. It’s light-tasting and smooth. Alcohol is 5%.

And the local moonshine is called…. guess what? Lao-lao. So dat even if ur drunk n brain-dead, u can still say “more lao-lao!”.

It’s clear rice liquor, like Sarawak’s abortion-inducer, langkau (not to be confused with Sarawak’s mood-enhancer, tuak).

And the top whisky is called Tiger. Both of these are like only 8 bucks a bottle. Tiger is pretty decent. Warms u up quick when tubing downriver. Bars located all along d river. Just wave, they throw u a rope, n pull u in. Exchange some cash, get your booze, continue to float aimlessly downriver. Awesome.

So here are some glimpses. I wasnt carrying so most pix were taken by Khang & Joleen.

Khang enjoys the team's default breakfast

Khang enjoys the team's mandatory breakfast

Crossing d bridge... to d Other Side Bungalows (more like shacks, but luved it)

Crossing d bridge... to d Other Side Bungalows (more like shacks, but luved it)

Here are.... d shacks

Here are.... d shacks

The sun sets in our backyard

The sun sets in our backyard

The first nite. Hazy

The first nite. Hazy

Beer & mandi-sungai huts near our 'resort'

Beer & mandi-sungai huts near our 'resort'

Tiger whisky n sum other shine

Tiger whisky n sum other shine

Made a trip thru fields to a riverside spot to party n jump into d river

Made a trip thru fields to a riverside spot to party n jump into d river

Takin a break from d sun

Takin a break from d sun...

And ended up here. Niiice!

And started monkeying around, after several Smirnoffs

And started monkeying around, after several Green Apple Smirnoffs

Kayaked 8km downriver one morning, with the help of one Beer Lao every km

Here, have a rat.  We had a bbq-ed field mouse

Here! Have a rat. We had a bbq-ed field mouse. Rubbery shit

Bars n cafes have Happy Menus

Bars n cafes have Happy Menus

The psycho seven who were on da road. Effortlessly gave Malaysia a bad name

The psycho seven who were on da road. Effortlessly gave Malaysia a bad name

Booze is served Thai style

Booze is served Thai style. Sempoerna pack was BYO

Gettin drunk while tubing. Awesome trip downriver

Avoid these people at all costs

Avoid these travellers at all costs

If u want sights like these over there, u gotta be adventurous n clueless

If u want scenes like these over there, u gotta be adventurous. And clueless

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Brain damage rating: 8/10

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