Hello!

Good lord am i rusty at writing/blogging or what! Even editing these pictures took me forever-and-a-half -_-”
Though i know it’s also partly ’cause as i go through the pictures for editing, i’m reliving the many (many) memories with a chuckle and a sigh.

Laos was truly an adventure for me, in so many ways.

Sometimes i can’t even believe so many things happened in a mere 4 days. Time flies fast when you’re having fun, and while that was true, it also felt like i was there for much longer! A week at least?

Anyway, i’m getting ahead of myself. :)


I went with Petrina, and even before the trip i sort of knew to expect adventure.

Little did we know, adventure struck us right from the get-go.

Our flight took us from KL to Vientiane, and we took a bus to our destination Vang Vieng.

We did some research beforehand: the bus would take about 4 hours, and cost around 60,000 kip (RM22), fully air-conditioned.
We bought our tickets and hopped on the bus – only to realize – there was no air-conditioning.





The bus began to move, and with our windows down, thank god the breeze was cool enough so we didn’t end up having to marinate in sweat.

However, as if fate saw this and said, “No! You asked for an adventure, i’ll give you an adventure!”,
the road all the way to VV had to be a fricking dirt road.

So for 4 straight hours, we had a constant wind of dust and grime blowing at our faces.
Brilliant.
I had to wipe off layers of brown dust that would settle on my sunnies every so often!
All we could do was laugh, sit back, and enjoy our 4 hour dirt-facial.




Petrina and I! ♥

Barren wasteland

Oh look there’s some greenery over there!

Oh wait, it’s gone.


At one point I remember staring down at the brown grass and dried shrubbery by the roadside, wondering if they were in fact brown and dead; or simply brown from being covered by all the dust and soot. Just as covered as our faces were halfway during the drive -_-



Pet’s makeshift solution hahahaha



The bus made a few stops, and peddlers came aboard selling food and drinks



Played hide n seek with a little Lao boy






More sellers swarming the bus at the stops

To be frank, there really isn’t much else to do in Vang Vieng, other than tubing and the parties.

Now before you shrug this off and think, Pfft, how shallow. Plus there’s more than enough rocking parties in KL!,

I TELL YOUUU, there’s really nothing like a party in Vang Vieng.

And if you think about it, coming from me… that’s saying something.


All well and good too, ‘cos honestly i think i’ve seen my fair share of temples, museums, and cultural stuff all around South East Asia! So this little ‘surprise’ in Laos was such a nice change of pace ;)





The main attraction here (whether or not partying is your cup of tea) is tubing.

Sit in a tube, float down the river, stop by the many (many) bars along the river,
float – stop – float – stop-
Or just keep floating on and on… down the river, with the lush green scenery around you… super chill.

You’re welcomed aboard to every bar with a free shot of local whiskey.


We intended to tube all the way down the river, making a few stops along the way for a drink or two,
But as with most of our plans that didn’t turn out,
We stopped at the first bar, had a couple of shots, moved onto the second bar – and ended up staying there the entire freaking day.

The distance that we actually tubed, i think we can swim lor. Oops. Quite wasted, but whatever. :)






Robert (from Sweden)



Alex & Mike (Germany & Chicago)


Met a whole bunch of people there, who are nothing short of awesome :)
Not sure if it was coincidence, most of them were staying at the same guesthouse as ours!



Pirmin (Holland) being cheeky at the bottom haha



Martin, Michelle, Tanya (all from Holland), Alex :)



Beer Alco pong


There’s dancing and singing and drinking games galore :)
If you want to cool off (or splash yourself sober), go on and jump in the river! There’s swings and slides and bases you can jump off ;) insane amounts of fun.

At one point my camera even dropped in the water for a bit – rendering it a gone case.

I remember not even feeling too upset about it, plainly because i was just feeling too happy and having so much fun! Imagine that.

Boys vs Girls!

Even though shots and buckets are the widely popular choice of poison around here,
I like to have my fav Malibu Pineapple in between – mostly to give my tastebuds a break

I always look out for my favourite bartender, this little lady.
My first cup i purchased, i asked to “tambah alco”, i expected the usual tiny slither of a pour from the Malibu bottle,
but instead she brought out a shot-glass and filled it up – and poured it entirely into my already full cup. THANKS KAKAK.

She did this exact same thing every time i came back for another cup, with a knowing smile How to not have fun like that seriously?!






with Yenete!
We call her ‘Finland’, that’s where she’s from (duh), but mostly cos we can’t pronounce her name right -_- And that’s probably the wrong spelling too oops


Do you realize that there’s hardly any Asians around? Other than the locals.
No really, I made an effort to look out for them, but there were close to none! It’s so bizarre!

Then I saw ONE and I got so excited I had to take a picture with him!



Hi BikiniChong! From Korea :)









Alex’ tattoo. Fo real.



Derp faces hee hee

Someone asked me about the rumours of the dangers of tubing in Vang Vieng. That in fact people have died in accidents and stuff.
Apparently they are true, i’ve read articles on those accounts. But what i think is, just be responsible. Don’t simply go jumping off into waters where not many people are around, or if you feel you’ve drank past your limit. If you’re not a good swimmer, jangan cari pasal.

Basic responsible stuff la. Just be wary and you’ll be fine :) Have your friend watch your back, and vice versa.

With every free shot, they tie a piece of coloured string around your wrist/ankle.

…Don’t judge me. I know my limits.


:) Part 2 coming soon. xx

Part 2: Blue Lagoon & Cave




Currently listening to: Lana Del Rey – Blue Jeans ♫
(♫ genre: Hollywood Sadcore, slow sunday)

(I had a hard time trying to figure out what genre her music is, so i googled it and found that she herself calls it ‘Hollywood Sadcore’. It makes complete sense.)
(p/s: I am *absolutely* head over heels in love with her music right now. Totally eating my words when i said i didn’t like it at first. Nomnomnom.)

1. Petrina Says:
   March 4th, 2012 at 9:09 pm

   Hahahha… I didn’t realize Pirmin’s head was where it was. (in the cheeky group photo)

2. Cynthia Says:
   March 4th, 2012 at 10:04 pm

   Pet: hahaha yaman. baru tau when i looked at the pictures. stealth sial

3. Lydia Says:
   March 5th, 2012 at 11:32 am

   Looks really fun :p

4. thatgirlcynthia.com » Blog Archive » Vang Vieng, Laos (part 2: Blue Lagoon & Cave) Says:
   March 10th, 2012 at 12:46 pm

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