despite having gone way too much into the backpacker’s way of life, vang vieng is lovely. life on the river makes it for a very chilled out place – sadly i didn’t have enough time to go tubing down the river but looked like a lot of fun. i did get a boat up to the organic farm though which was a truly interesting culinary experience (and lovely ride to get there)... ever tried crispy fried mulberry leaves? you should, they’re much better than crisps. :) a nice place to stop if you want to chill out, that’s for sure, and like the rest of laos it’s cheap, food is good and people are overall very nice…! would like to go back, just to spend some more time on the river song…!