After returning to Vang Vieng I was quickly recruited by the staff of Sunset Bar to form a group to rent a minibus. The destination was a festival at Wat Phu on the otherside of the country. Our ragtag group consisted of 4 Canadians, 4 Lao, one Aussie, and one American. The festival was amazing, but the journey was the most fun. The ferries to reach the island where the festival took place looked like they had been assembled the day before from scrap (apparently one sank shortly after we arrived). After the festival we were taken to various sites in Lao (caves, waterfalls, ect). One the way back we picked up some Lao Lao (read rubbing alcohol), and everyone in the van including to a lesser extent the driver indulged. After returning in one piece 5 days later and spending a few more days in Vang Vieng, it was off to Cambodia.
