Vang Vieng neighborhood - caves and pseudo-lagoon
As I already wrote in the article about Vang Vieng, the city is full of beauty, which means that you don't have to visit the thousands of caves around the city. It is enough just to go beyond its outskirts and go eyes gaze, enjoying the views, rocks and nature. This is basically what we did.
This partly happened because they did not immediately find a normal map of Vang Vieng, partly because I don't like walking underground.
Neighborhood Vang Vieng
Travel information can be read here Vang Vieng - guesthouses, what to see, how to get there, bus schedule.
Neighborhood Vang Vieng
Neighborhood Vang Vieng
Rock painting of ancient people
Locals collect rapans
Sometimes there are such thickets around the river
We met water buffaloes on the way
The boy probably drags more than his weight
By the way, if you go for a walk, try to avoid the main dirt roads on your route. There is so much dust from bikes and cars rushing past that only a spacesuit can save.
Very dusty road
Minibus to the caves
The content of the article
- one Mountain trekking
- 2 Tham Chang Cave (Tham Jang Cave)
- 3 Pseudo Blue Lagoon and pseudo Poukham Cave
Mountain trekking
One day of our walks was spent on going along one of the roads leading somewhere up and to see how it ends. Mountain trekking type. Until the last moment, we were hoping for a waterfall or something else at the end. However, the gods only sent us a few mountain species and an excavator.
Dumb question, what for are you walking this road?
On the road to the unknown
Mountain views
Excavator as a reward
Tham Chang Cave (Tham Jang Cave)
Despite the fact that I am wary of caving, I liked the Tham Chang Cave (Tham Jang Cave). Probably the fact that it is lit, paths are laid. And also due to the fact that next to it is a lagoon with blue water and a small cave into which you can swim. A long staircase leads to the entrance to the cave, and from above you can see the whole of Vang Vieng. The cost of visiting 15.000 bip (60 rubles).
By the way, if you were in Abkhazia in New Athos cave, then Tham Chang Cave looks like it, only on a smaller scale.
Tham chang cave
Tham chang cave
Tham chang cave
Trying to depict our LT logo
View from the gazebo at Tham Chang Cave
Next to Tham Chang Cave
Lagoon near Tham Chang Cave
Lagoon near Tham Chang Cave
The river flowing out of the lagoon
There are mini caves near Tham Chang Cave
Tham Chang Cave
Pseudo Blue Lagoon and pseudo Poukham Cave
Yes Yes. It is pseudo. And all because Lao people are poor people, and they need to earn money somehow. So, there is a popular place Blue Lagoon (Blue Lagoon), and right next to it is the Poukham Cave, and a lot of people go there first. How to lure the flow of people to yourself? It's very simple, you just need to put up a sign with the inscription Blue Lagoon at one of the turns, and some of the tourists are yours. Of course we bought too.
On the spot, we were surprised. Is this puddle the Blue Lagoon? Is this the very cave that is so praised? So be careful. Good card help you.
Pseudo blue lagoon
Near the pseudo Blue Lagoon
Near the pseudo Blue Lagoon
In addition, it turned out that we had forgotten our flashlight at home. We only had a luminous telephone with us and a flash of a camera. True, they did not help us much, so we did not go deep into the cave and retreated. Plus, bellowing Lao children mooed to us, apparently offering to take us with a flashlight through the cave for denyuzhku. But we did not dare, since they did not understand either their native language or English due to mental development problems. In general, this is normal, so to exploit children, especially with problems?!
Inside the cave
Sometimes very narrow
Inside the cave
Now I will finish my story. Later we tried rock climbing on natural terrain (eh, I want more!) and kayaking to Vientiane.