Sadly, we departed from Vang Vieng leaving behind some really lovely people that I hope to cross paths with again sometime in the future.
Our mode of transportation outta there...KAYAKS! We packed up our backpacks, hopped in the back of a pick up and slid into some kayaks to paddle our way to Laos's capital, Vietiane. I was fortunate enough to be paired with the guide, a lovely Laos man who kayaks the river for a living, others were not so fortunate. The rapids we kayaked were class 3 and 4, let's just say this meant that everyone was swimming at one point or another...cough cough, except me! For lunch, we pulled over on some rocks, the guides made a fire, grabbed two sticks, and built a BBQ cooking us a beautiful chicken and vegetable meal. (Photos to follow once I get my memory card unlocked). Spent the day in Vietiane walking along the river, shopping in the markets, and ran into Alex & Sunny (Cambridge) who we kayaked down with, ended up enjoying the evening with them before we jet-setted to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Arriving in Malaysia really jolted us back into real life as we exited the backpacked circuit and jumped into city life. This was our <<TIME OUT>> and recoup period. We stayed at a lovely hostel, SUNSHINE BEDZ (which I highly recommend if you head that way) and toured the city. Kate and Charlie had to take care of some stuff so I did a walking tour of the Petronas Twin Towers, snapped a few pics, sat down to read my book, that's when things got interesting... I was then politely tapped by a stranger and asked to take a photo, I laughed it off (accepting of course)...and then it happened again...and again, I literally sat there and had my photo taken with 100s of people, I got my DIVA fix in for sure as I finally learned how it feels to be Kim Kardashian...such a hard life we lead us celebs!
Met back up with Kate & Charlie and dazzled them with the news that they were in the presence of a real star. They promptly laughed at me saying that this happened to them regularly while living in South Korea. Either way, I'm famous!
