theillustratedatlas:So Thursday night we slept in the jungle, near Vang Vieng, Laos. We trekked ri
theillustratedatlas: So Thursday night we slept in the jungle, near Vang Vieng, Laos. We trekked right up into the mountains with a really great local guy called Lala, who we actually met at the bar he runs (Lalaland- go visit if you’re in the area!). La grew up around the jungle (when he was about 15 his dad took him into the jungle for 22 days and left him alone!) so he knew what he was doing. We left wednesday morning, took a tuk tuk to the edge of the jungle and crossed a river. We first walked through some underground caves, under the base of the mountain and the climbed up a ladder built by La into the forest. We hiked and climbed in crazy heat via waterfalls to our camp spot, where we built a bamboo treehouse and a bonfire (turns out you can build pretty much anything with bamboo, banana leaves and a machete) and then trekked back again the next day in even hotter temperatures (I didn’t know I could sweat so much). I was incredibly achey the next day (also didn’t know I could ache so much), covered in tiny cuts and bruises but it was amazing, and definitely an interesting story to tell! The mountains here are beautiful. More jungle adventure photos to come~ -- source link