Some of our outings in Vang Vieng

Our outings were much more staid than those the backpackers would be planning here.  First we visited a lovely riverside spot called the Blue Lagoon.  It is a very pretty and perennially popular swimming hole.

The Korean contingent was out there in full force enjoying the water activities.  They jumped from ropes and the braver ones from a platform higher up a tree.

We were not jumping just swimming.

We saw some balloons floating by too.

We then drove a little further out to the Tham Jang caves which were used as a bunker in the early nineteenth century during the Chinese invasion of Laos.

We climbed 149 steep steps to get to the caves.

We ended today's tour with a quiet lunch at a riverside restaurant.