Tag: Vang Vieng

The morning I left Luang Prabang, I climbed into one of the many tuk-tuks in town that was making its morning rounds, collecting travelers from their hotels, guesthouses, and hostels. With each additional guest climbing aboard, we all had to squeeze together a little tighter, until all the couples were sitting vertically (one on the lap of the other), the back was full, the cab was full, and we were all praying that the next stop was the bus station and not another hotel. The excessive number of people correlated to an excessive amount of baggage on the roof rack,…