Gibbon Experience

Just got back from the Gibbon Experience in Northern Laos. It was INCREDIBLE!!! The trip started with a 3 hr ride in the back of pickup towards the national park. Pretty bumpy and uncomfortable ride but still fun. From the first village we hiked for a couple hrs before hitting a waterfall where we got to swim and hang out for a bit before continuing our walk. From there we walked to our first ziplines which ultimately led into our first treehouse. It was awesome!! you literally zip IN and OUT of the treehouse onto these landings. The first night our treehouse was 30m above ground (i think) and then the second night the treehouse was 40m high. They were sooooooooooo cool! THe first night was the most dramatic haha since everyone isnt used to the whole "jungle" atmosphere. The night came and within minutes we spotted several HUGE spiders just hanging out above each of our beds. Later on as we were playing cards we were then greeted by a rat that was trying to get into our garbage...the rat caused some serious uproar haha. The second night wasnt as dramatic, still bugs and weird creatures and spiders but we were more adapted by that point. The days were always really calm, all we did was hike and zip line around...the ziplines going overtop huge valleys and up to i think 600m long! they were sooooo cool and so fun! The second day everyone was wiped from walking so mucha nd sleeping so badly (cause of all the weird sounds and animals running around your head in the night) so we all napped midday and it was the BEST nap ever. SOooo quiet, just the sounds of birds and crickets, with this nice little breeeze. it was great! Our group was awesome too, (thank god), it was 8 people - 2 canadian guys (from kelwona), 2 brits, and 2 frenchies, and then us. All around our age too whcih worked well especially during the nights because everyone was so afraid! all in all, we LOVED it and it waas 100% worth the cost! OH, we didnt see any gibbons though unforuntaly! we saw some monkeys, snakes, and then all the weird night creatures that emerged haha.
we are heading to Luang Prabang tomorrow by slowboat. It takes 2 days (stopps one night in a little town) then continues on the next day. All the people we did the Gibbon experience with are doing it as well so were all going together!
okidoki. Nomies out.
xoxox