Tiger
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKNP82uxyOc
I loved doing this so much, we did it 3 days on the trot down a 10km stretch of the Nam Song River in Laos. Spoke to a bloke in a bar who had done it 12 times on the trot! If left to drift, you could do the stretch in about 1 hour. Most people start at 8am though stopping at every mudbar en-route and don't finish til after dark - I know it was terrifying river tubing in the dark!
I will return there 
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richardworrall
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that looks wicked.
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Tiger
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It is wicked, you'll be gunning for the rapids then you'll get a rope thrown to you, it'll be someone at a mud bar trying to give you free whiskey and sell you Beer Lao in 660ml bottles - this happens 10 times at least on the way down the river  Some of the bars you'll spend 4-5 hours at and are wankered by the time you get back in the tube
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myke
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that looks faarking amazing 
might do similar on the Thames this year 
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charlessurr
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Ill be going in the new year :-)
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Tiger
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quote:
Originally posted by myke
that looks faarking amazing
might do similar on the Thames this year
I thought about starting a UK River Tubing thing up - then found out that it breaks nearly every UK Law in Health & Safety.
Spoil Sports.
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Tiger
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quote:
Originally posted by charlessurr
Ill be going in the new year :-)
Good on ya - get a decent waterproof bag/tube for round your neck, I tell you you'll make your life SOOOOO much easier with it. Although I didnt find it too hard to spend sopping wet money in such a poor country.
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