Leaving My Mark on Vang Vieng

After 3 hours of sleep I woke with bruises on my hips from my ply wood-like bed and was happily greeted by a groggy hangover. I forgot to mention that I have been staying in a very well known room. They call it the Dungeon because it has one big window that looks out at a white wall no further than 5 or 6 inches away. It gets extremely poor air flow and virtually no natural light. Also, I can open the entrance door, bathroom door, as well as access all the lights and fan without ever leaving my bed. Truly a shit hole but a memorable part of the journey non the less.

I packed up my gear, checked out, and made my way back to Q Bar to meet everyone for breakfast. Rob was already there and clearly frustrated with his net book. He was attempting to use photoshop to make Bar III a logo and clearly had no idea what he was doing. Knowing I am a designer he asked me to do it for him. So I happily designed the logo for Bar III which I must say came out great. I modified the Magneto typeface and overlaid the type in an offset of cyan, magenta, and yellow to create a psychedelic effect on the eyes. Everyone loved it and I have officially left my mark on Vang Vieng.

After breakfast and my design workshop, I got on a mini bus headed to Luang Prabang. I ended up sleeping most of the drive which is kind unfortunate but I was really enjoying the detox. We stopped periodically for toilet breaks and to get food. One stop made the women pay to use the toilets and made the men use exposed urinals that stick out of the side of the building. We arrived around 7pm and I immediately made my way to the night market with a craving for noodle soup. After my fix, I went back to the guesthouse to take my first warm shower in days and get to bed.

Just before passing out I went to move the fan and my finger slipped inside and hit the blade. This cut a chunk out of my ring finger and shattered two of the 3 blades. I thought I could wait till morning to deal with it but I realized I was already sweating so I had to go wake up the receptionist. This resulted in 30 minutes of terrible communication and nothing getting fixed. Now I had to pay $8 for the night so I can use the air con instead of sweating to death.

Tomorrow is waterfalls and road tripping.