Vang Vieng is a small town of 25,000 people in Laos, which sits alongside the Nam Song River. Limestone cliffs create a beautiful backdrop for the adventure-tourism oriented town. From “Happy Pizza” and mushroom shakes to natural lagoons, incredible hikes and local culture, Vang Vieng is whatever you make of it. You can have a …
Vang Vieng, Laos has a bad boy reputation as being a drug-fuelled party destination, riddled by accidental river/tubing deaths. And drugs are still readily available around town, however, if you are like me and came for the adventures, not the ‘trips’ then you will spend most of your time across the river. The Blue Lagoon …
Vang Vieng is a small town in Laos of 25,000 people, which sits alongside the Nam Song River. Limestone cliffs create a beautiful backdrop for the adventure-tourism oriented town. Despite the volume and scale of the surrounding cliffs I didn’t come across too many easily accessible, signed or promoted hikes. However, I was referred by …
My final week in Southeast Asia was spent in a relatively unknown town called Vang Vieng. In the Northeast of Laos, Vang Vieng sits on the Nam Song River and has a reputation for parties, drugs and free alcohol. Well it definitely had all of that and more but I chose to explore the limestone …