The view from my balcony
Sightseeing in Northern Laos picture - It was only about 3 blocks to downtown & main street. The reason Vang Vieng is a tourist mecca is the gorgeous Nam Song (river) & the magnificent karst limestone mountains lining it. These imposing outcrops rise up out of the land and run for kilometres, abutting pancake flat rice fields & the river. (It reminded me of the Halong Bay area in Vietnam.)