Sunday 9 March 2014

Rest no recreation..... After three days of travel, today was bound to be a day of rest with a chance to update my website and catch up with world news. Of course, top of the agenda and still top of the Premier League is Chelsea. Spurs just failed to dig in yet again! For once, it is more comfortable sitting in the restaurant in front of my computer as I sit through a late breakfast and lunch until mid-afternoon. Oblivious of time passing, I booked another room with better facilities but still very cheap. Curiously, the room is still occupied until mid afternoon by special arrangement and I can't move in. I can use another room, but I decide to do a bit of exploring first. I can't stay in restive mode forever so I head down to the river where more and more options appear to cater for tourists. There is no problem with choice of accommodation, food or transport here. Motorbike rental is cheap with adventure tours, water activity and onward travel offered at every turn. This is certainly a tourist town but in a way that appeals. I make some recalculation of my travel budget in light of the savings I’ve made and almost certainly now will extend my stay in Vang Vieng before returning to Thailand. I've already hatched a plan when I appear in Udon Thani, likely this Friday but for now I'm rejoicing in this welcome return to civilization as I wander out in the cool evening air for something to eat.
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