Vientiane - Vang Vieng.🌿

The next morning, I took a bus to one of the most popular tourist spots in Laos, Vang Vieng.🌿
It’s well known for its beautiful blue lagoons, caves, scenic viewpoints, and stunning surroundings with rice fields.🌾 It’s also a place for adventure activities like ziplining and kayaking – but I wasn’t really interested in that this time probably because I’ve already done so much of it during my travels in South Africa.🇿🇦

I arrived, checked in, rented a bicycle, pinned the starting point of the viewpoint on the map – and then got completely lost.🌳 When I first received the bike, I wondered why it was such a heavy-duty mountain bike – but later I understood why. I ended up in a forest where the trail was flooded with water and covered in rocks and roots. My shoes were soaked and covered in mud, and I realized I had no energy or motivation to try the way again without having breakfast first.🙄😂 So I cycled back to the village and recharged, not just my belly, but also my mood and energy.🍌🍓🍍

On the second attempt, finding the location wasn’t a problem anymore. After almost 40minutes i arrived, but just as I started hiking up to the viewpoint, it suddenly began to rain heavily. It didn’t matter much, since my shoes were already soaked from water. The jungle path was steep and slippery, so I fell several times. My hiking outfit was okay, but I couldn’t help laughing at the Chinese tourists who were dressed like princesses and hiking in flip-flops.👸 By the time they also arrived on the top, they looked like pigs rolling in the dust, just like me, though I wasn’t wearing a white dress.🐖😂

At the bottom, there were water taps where you could wash yourself. After that, I headed to the Blue Lagoon, which was about 20 minutes away. A beautiful spot to relax, though I wasn’t really in the mood for water.😄

After a proper shower, I treated myself to a well-deserved pedicure followed by a full body massage – absolutely earned. 😂🧘🏻‍♀️🚴‍♀️Læs mere