Vang Veing, Laos

If you are fan of "Friends" or "Family Guy," Vang Vieng is the place for you. As I had previously mentioned, this town is known for their merry activity of tube floating and drinking simutaneously, but what I did not mention is that 50 percent of the restaurants/bars in this small town all consist of the exact same menu and tv's that play either "Friends" or "Family Guy." I thought I would be "Friends" out after being here for about a week, but I am not. I actually look forward to the one meal we eat a day (on accident... we forget to eat) Our meal quest is to search out the Friends Cafe that is not showing episodes we have seen already. Steve has told me that he feels as though they are now his friends, and somehow Chandler seems to pop into a lot of our conversations. Perhaps, we are a bit too involved in the show, but oh well.
Besides good ol tv, we haven't been doing much. We've been enjoying the river, the mountain, the sunshine. I don't know how else to explain this town, but lush. It has such a relaxed atmosphere that it is making it hard for us to leave. Steve's been doing a lot of writing and I've been doing a lot of Ang stuff, you know... sun bathing, talking to strangers, eating ice cream. It's what I do best.
While writing this blog I would just like to mention our "interesting" guesthouse, the babylon. we chose it because it was the only place with free wi fi. Steve is a good boy and looks for jobs, I go on facebook and play spider solitare. Anyway, the young man who owns it is Nic, yes... Nic without a "K." He is perhaps Brittish. He is an alcoholic. He lays in the common area passed out, all day. The common area is supposed to be a bar/restaurant, but I guess it's pretend. People, come in to hang out there, but they really don't have any beer or food, so no one hangs out there, not even guests. Nic's helper is a young lao man. Nic's helper once had to reposition Nic's passed out body in the common room. Nic's helper sometimes has another young man come visit him and give him massages. I am not quite sure what is going on, there is definately something though. We keep saying that we are going to leave this weird place... it is now going on day 5 or 6. Maybe tomorrow.