What a crazy day we had tubing in Vang Viang. It was definitely something to be experienced. We started off our day by zip lining at the first bar. They gave us free shot after free shot, and then we decided to was time to get a bucket (see where this is heading?).

Kaila tubing in Vang Vieng 
Me just a-floatin' down the river

We jumped in our tubes and floated down to the second bar. Everyone was our friend and we were all dancing and jumping and having a great time.

Party at the 2nd bar on tubing day
The party at the 2nd bar......good times....

By the third bar, after copious amounts of alcohol being poured down our throats, we were more stumbling than dancing. By the fourth bar, well I didn't make it to the fourth bar because I somehow missed it on my tube and ended up losing both Martha and Amy, and floating along with this random group of people while the rain came down and the darkness set in.

At some point, I put my bag in a very safe place. So safe, in fact, that even I can't locate where that place would be. In it was my camera, and some money. Most importantly, my camera.

Oy. But anyways, it's the price you pay for a good time (though hopefully never again). The day, all in all, was fantabulous. But I am SO glad that I am not one of these people - who are everywhere here - travelers who run out of money and get stuck in Vang Viang, bartending for their dinner and tubing every single day of the year (we met one guy who was SO proud of the fact that he'd been tubing every day since last November ("I was the first person tubing in 2009!" he proudly proclaimed)...he had "297 days tubing" written on his chest...sorry to say he was Canadian.

My advice to wanna-be tubers in Vang Viang: Do it, for sure, but don't bring anything valuable, and refuse some of the free shots - just because it's free, doesn't mean you have to drink it!! 

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