Having a little research about what else to see, we settled to go and explore the famous Phu Kham Cave, and the Blue Lagoon.
This is around 7 km trip out of Vang Vieng, so, we chose to rend bicycles, as it was offering a more relaxing and fun trip then the faster motorbike.
Passing through the bridge to the other side of the Song River a dirt road lead to the cave.
On the way we passed numerous other caves, what they have signs advertising, and few small villages, and countless rice fields.
The day were pretty, it was really a good choice to go with bicycle.
We arrived to the cave and lagoon maybe in an hour and half, as we were not in a hurry at all.
The lagoon was a small river, probably with a dam somewhere a bit further down, but first we went to see the cave.
On the bottom of the way up you could rent some headlight gears for a small fee.
The way up is a hard climb, near vertical up on some place slippery rocks. Was real pleased that my son made it without complain, with some help, but that is normal, he is 6.
Once up, had a minute relaxing, and then descended to the cave.
Found a big cave, in the middle some reclining Buddha image, as locals also use it maybe as a kind of shrine the cave.
There were stalactites and stalagmites, and some dropping water here and there. Pretty, but not the built out type of cave, so, it was little difficult to move around.
After seeing what we could, found out that descending from the cave is worse than climbing up, but again, passed this obstacle as well.
And down was the Blue Lagoon, inviting us to a swim.
The water was beautiful turquoise blue, and crystal clear, with the fishes clearly visible around.
It was refreshingly cool, but for my surprise also very deep, so, my son could not really swim, just a few laps holding to my neck and back. Fun, for him, but not much of air for me when he does use my neck to get a hold. It felt great to swim, as by afternoon the day really turned hot.
On the way back we stopped a bit at another small river by a village, watched the kids jumping from the bridge to the water and playing.
Back to Vang Vieng, before dinner we bought the ticket to Luang Prabang, as our time finished here.
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