The_Munchmaster Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 I picked this link up from Stickman's site. Victorian backpacker dies in Laos, the third Aussie to die in month 3 Aussies Die In Laos Just as well Coss is a Kiwi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted February 14, 2012 Report Share Posted February 14, 2012 I'm not surprised if it's them backpackers. The amount of pseudo backpackers I see with unjuries (note the Aussie pronunciation) here is huge. When I was in Vang Vieng only half the backpackers I saw could walk properly, they get so smashed ( and it's not just weed or opium like the old days ) that when they jump into rivers full of rocks they are fucked. Add to that the questionable substances they ingest and I'm surprised the death toll isn't higher... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 Hi, One of those 3 was a nephew of one of my customers Kid was on holiday with some mates and drowned. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 It's a dangerous age, in Australia they jump off of cliffs and piers into shallow water, train surf, drag race on public roads, have unprotected sex..... I suppose if they happen to die doing it in a place hardly anyone has heard of it's a bit more newsworthy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwPLgcKrF_U Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbaron Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 Three things I'm avoiding on this trip - Laos, balconies and buffaloes. I think if Aussies stick to these simple rules while out and about in this part of the world they should be fine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 Watch out where you eat hamburgers if you want to avoid buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave32 Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 This is from the wikipedia entry on Vang Vieng. Flash didn't write this one did he? link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 I'd call that interviewing the typewriter with a chip on the shoulder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave32 Posted February 15, 2012 Report Share Posted February 15, 2012 This is from the wikipedia "wikitravel" entry on Vang Vieng. "quote lifted from the site edited out" link Edit: removed the quote (was a couple paragraphs), you can look at the link. Came across it googling, pretty slanderous stuff naming hotels and implicating police. Thought twice about leaving it up here. Not a problem for me, but -- yeah. Anyway, kinda humorous in a dark way and obviously put down by someone with a little anger - but if I was Laos police would not be happy reading the material. Edit 2: Damn I'm ignorant. Evidently I wasn't editing the quote (this turned out to be a new post and can't edit that one now). I'll leave it up to KS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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