Our last stop in Laos was Vang Vieng where everyone seems to be focused on getting drunk, doing drugs and having sex with strangers (I only did two out of the three). Anyhoo pretty much the deal is that people go tubing on the Mekong and there are tons of bars along the river to stop at on your way. At night there is an island in the middle of the river with lots more bars. The river is super low right now so we didn't rent tubes but just swam/ walked between the bars. At each bar there are Laos guys who will through a rope to you and pull you across the river at an alarming pace. At each bar when you arrive you are presented with a niffty friendship bracelet and a shot of Laos whiskey. There is lots of load music, various games and rope swings. The people that work at most of the bars are foreign and then get free alcohol and housing and there job requirements seem to consist of getting people to drink with them, also draw all over people with paint and markers which I was tricked into my first day but then avoided like the plague my second day. At the bars that open on the island at night in addition to their drink menus there are also drug menus and you can help yourself to weed, opium, shrooms or whippits (for those not in the know nitrus oxide/the drug Demi Moore ODed on). Definitely saw some pretty gross behavior but since I'm such a classy lady I had an excellent and fairly safe time. Its pretty bizarre that places like this spring up in every country but pretty entertaining for a few days.
Needless to say after four days I was definitely ready to head out and we are spending our last days in Laos in the capital, Vientiane.
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