Cheap and easy fun with a splash of buckets. Tubing in Vang Vien is a popular past time and one that is well toured. 55,000 kip ($6.7) per tube with a 60,000 deposit that includes a drive upriver. There is one official rental place in town and they have a real racket. You can buy your own tube from a store and take a tuktuk up river to save a few bucks, but the official place is fine for a onetime why-not trip. The river is only 3km long and all the bars are kept in the first click. So, most people just hang out around bars 1-3 and then float down at the end of the day. The bars have cheap buckets, 20,000 kip ($2.44), and attractions: slides, zip lines, dancing, whatever. You only need about 2 hours to float straight down the river with getting their and walking from the end to get your deposit back. Protip: the river is fairly dirty and seeing people with bright red eyes is common as the bacteria causes conjunctivitis. Luckily, drops are available from any pharmacy for a few bucks without a prescription; just show them your symptom.
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