After spending one full day in Vientiane [read full post *here*]
we took a 4-hour bus ride from Vientiane to Vang Vieng.
One-way trip costs RM25 in an air-conditioned though somewhat rattly bus.
Couldn’t help taking a pic of all the blonde + brown heads!
Look at all the white people heading to Vang Vieng!
Clem would hate it :p
He hates going on holiday in SEA if lots of white people flock there too haha.
Vang Vieng is famous for being a backpacker town,
and the NZ Herald has quoted: “If teenagers ruled the world, it might resemble Vang Vieng”. Apparently it’s filled with lots of tourists aged around 20 who just get trashed a lot.
I must say… i wasn’t looking forward to that sort of vibe,
cos i think i’m over my party-till-i-pass-out days.
But it wasn’t peak season when we went so the town was nice and empty.
PHEW!
I thought Vang Vieng was really pretty (not the town so much la)
but the surrounding nature.
Ripe green fields, clouds you feel like biting,
hills that jut out of the earth,
mist flowing in between the hills in the morning,
giant waterfalls bigger than most i’ve seen in my life.
Well, we’ll get to those pictures later!
First things first – FOOD!
I was so hungry i walloped most of my green curry before even thinking of taking a picture
There’s a ready supply of ham and cheese sandwiches…
And because of the French colonization, a good number of bakeries selling huge varieties of donuts, pastries and the biggest cookies!
I felt pressured when everyone bought a giant cookie,
so i got myself a cinnamon bun (which happened TO ROCK MY RED LOCKS later that night!)
The thing about Vang Vieng that draws such a high number of young backpackers is the sale of weed, shrooms and opium.
They can be bought at every other bar in Vang Vieng.
They even have special menus for it,
separate from the food and alcohol menu:
100,000 kip = RM35
The four of us shared a mushroom pizza,
but nothing (much) happened.
It was just kinda hard to play cards, that’s all!
Think our first mistake was eating it AFTER we’d had a meal so it took a lot longer to digest.
The second mistake was sharing one hahaha.
High five!
We were staying much further down the road, in a more peaceful guesthouse called Thavonsouk Resort,
so we stocked up on grilled rice patties and siew yoke(!) from the hawker stalls in the middle of town.
One side of our room
Our GARDEN! HOW AWESOME IS THAT
We hung out to watch the sun set
This is Pipette, my new blow up zebra with pink ears i adopted in Vientiane.
Tried playing cards when it got dark out.
We did sit on the grass for awhile, but all the mosquitoes attacking me made me run in.
Jess, Tianna, Steph
Because i’m a Dove choc ambassador, i took advantage of the free chocs i get by bringing a box of 10 bars with me.
The girls were really happy, especially Steph.
And i returned to KL with 1 bar and a dissatisfied boyfriend because we didn’t save him any :p
Pipette: CAMOUFLAGE!
Lastly, and you SO SHOULD WATCH THIS!
A wonderfully done video by Jess of our whole trip ala a music vid!
I have to commend her for semangatly taking vids while we’re
bicycling / hiking / tubing !
Think i’ve watched it 5 times already
Went for Arabyrd’s T-Party that was held in her aunt’s massive garden
which could fit a tent, stage and 200 people comfortably.
There was even a huge parking lot next door for RM5, good call!
The Arabyrd special leg stance. Kids, try this at home in front of the mirror.
We sniffed out where to get Ara’s family recipe Sarawak laksa
and by god, we still tweet about it to this day.
It was so yummy and spicy…
i feel it was like a one night stand with good food i (most probably) will never get to taste again.
//SUPERSAD//
Vince – being the photographer he is, take picture of food before eating!
Tania – “eh the fellow doesn’t want it or what… nanti i whack semua”
Nick – “shit dropped by chopstick… steal joyce’s… chopstick…”
Sueann was so gelabah to scoff the laksa, while Vince hadn’t taken the pic yet haha
Vince’s tattoos
Thanks for the awesome Sunday party Ara!
We want more!
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5 of us went for a quick bite at Madam Kwan’s KLCC before the show.
I got mocked at for making myself a bib.
I never care though, i ALWAYS make myself a bib if i eat something soupy.
I heart my clothes more than what i look like in public.
No shitz.
Week 1’s Grand Prize Winner is Chen Jie Low who drew Potato DJ!
Description: Another member of the potato family, but this time,
its about the sound of the crunch that matters.
Potato DJ listens for the best crunch in every bite and Jack&Jill has certainly made the top of its list.
Potato DJ has certainly been famous in choosing the best crunch out of everything! Personality: Has a love for music, especially the crunches that it hears.
A very friendly and cool potato. Has a whole lot of potato fans!
Music is everything to it, and the crunch in that certainly make things sound a whole lot better!
Besides winning an iPad 2,
the weekly winner’s entry will also be made into a Potato Head Series video!
Week 2’s Grand Prize Winner is:
Description: First certified pota-diver in the world.
He is the only scuba diver who able to dive into the deep sea, at 1800m depth,
a World Potanness Record.
He is also the one who found the PoTitanic that sank on 15th April 1912.
Currently working at PotAquaria loc. Personality: Brave scuba diver and adventurer. Met and married with Mermaid-to during his diving in South Potato Sea five years ago.
Below are some of the Consolation Winners for Weeks 1 & 2:
Description: Police officer for Jack n Jill town.
He has two kids named Potattoo and Potassium.
He has a very good track record with The Royal Potato Police (RPP)
and is claimed to be the best police officer of all time! Personality: Disciplined and able to deal with danger calmly without flinching!
Description: A mysterious potato head, always in his bizarre world. Personality: Superstitious and can be creepy at times but he is harmless, really.
Description: Nev has a motor mouth that can go on and on for days without having to stop.
A character that provides conversation anytime and anywhere.
He isn’t as annoying as you think cos’ everyone person knows someone like Nev.
There’s always one Nev in every group. Personality: Nev loves gossip but not the kind that destroys relationships; gossip surrounding the entertainment world is his forte.
He is extremely friendly and adapts to anyone and any situation in a blink of an eye.
I can think of a couple of people i know who are like Nev…
Description: Rockstar wannabe! Highly passionate person and really wanted to be an singer. Personality: Addicted to reallity show, especially singing competition. Very influenced by American Idol.
Jess and i cooked roast lamb and sticky garlic potatoes.
She wanted to make flower garlands cos it was Midsummer’s Day in Sweden
but we didn’t have time.
So the three bunches of flowers she bought sat pretty on the table.
Oli helped with the gravy while JP sipped beer.
The recipe is from Nigella’s Feast cookbook that Aps gave me.
What goes around comes around.
Dinner was supposed to be at 8pm.
Oli and JP arrived at 8:30 and they were the earliest.
Fai forgot his wallet and had to turn back halfway
Clem was working till late.
We didn’t really care what time everyone came.
As long as they turned up!
I got lost trying to walk Oli to the right lift
and she said i fail.
We started eating cos JP had a shoot early next morn.
The lamb was perfect pink and tender
and the potatoes were addictive.
I discovered that one clove of garlic does not equal to one bulb.
Nick made us drink shots every time the table fell silent for 3 seconds.
Tequila with cinnamon and lemon is dangerous.
Cammy tried to make me snap a picture of her with a fridge magnet as her hat.
I took a video of the idiocy instead.
Was immediately forbidden to post it up anywhere online.
Aps and Cammy were MFEO and incidentally wore matching black tutus.
Kenny thinks tutus are weird to wear out.
Dhanya turned up really late
but i’m happy we got to see her!
Clem and i called for a taxi to go home which was 2 minutes drive away.
Neither of us were fit to be behind the wheel.
Taxi fare is nothing compared to the value of our lives.
Never be stingy to take a taxi home if you drink!
The next day i could barely talk cos we’d
chatted and screamed and laughed till our throats hurt.
A night in with some of my best friends is love.
xxx
