Given'er on the River

I was just in a small town called Vang Vieng that is truely a diamond in the rough. You can walk across town in about 10 min. The town is in a valley with mountains all around it next to a river. The best part about this place is the tubing on the river. I will try to explain why this is so much fun. It startes at about 10 or 11 in the a.m. and goes until sun down. All you do is float down the river and stop off a bars that have rope swings, zip lines, sand volleyball courts, bocce ball courts, and of course all the semi-cold beer lao you can drink. The only hard part is budgeting your time wisely so that you don't get stuck on the river after dark. I made that mistake only once before to realize that I didn't want to do that again. And yes, the second time was just as fun as the first was.