Travelling Devo: Vang Vieng, Laos

It seems everyday is Spring Break in Vang Vieng. The town contains an improbable number of restaurants playing episodes of Friends and Simpsons. So many in fact, that it has become an advertising strategy for restaurants to explicitly state they are not playing these TV shows. The town sits on the Nam Song river which is famed for its tubing. Not because the tubing is particularly noteworthy, but because the banks host a good dozen bars to keep you happy on the way down. The surrounding country side is remarkable. Similar to the karst topography on Ninh Binh, Vietnam. If you want to party, you won't be disappointed here. If you want beautiful scenery, this is the place to go assuming you can handle the Spring Break atmosphere. If you want to see beautiful scenery while drunk, I know of no better place.