Laos - Vang Vieng and Vientiane

There was just a brief two night stop in the town of Vang Vieng to let some of TOAST go tubing (and drinking) - they all appeared to have a good time - though some of them are rather hazy about the details........
There is not much else to do there - unless you want to sit around and watch back-to-back episodes of Friends that are playing in all the bars.

Then it was on the the capital - Vientiane.  Bikes were hired and it was agreed that TOAST are CRAP (cycling rapidly; always pedalling)  At the beginning it seemed a good idea to cycle all the way to the Buddha Park - a mere 25kms away, a 50km round trip. It ended up being a bit further away as someone (Lesley? again?) made a few directional errors.

The amazing statues at Buddha park.....

In the evening it was off to the bowling alley to finish off the sporting activity for the day.....