Laos was under the control of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao border with Thailand. In 1975, the Communist Pathet Lao took control of the government, ending a six-century-old monarchy. Initial closer ties to Vietnam and socialization were replaced with a gradual return to private enterprise, a liberalization of foreign investment laws, and the admission into ASEAN in 1997. To be updated
April 24th 2008Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang We left Vietnam for Laos our driver was a total nutter even by Asian standards he nearly hit cattle and cyclist he would say it's good driver but i would say more luck than judgement. To cross the bor ... [full story]
April 25th 2008Asia » Laos » West » Vang Vieng This morning I grabbed breakfast at a roadside stand and decided to try their 'french toast'. I was more interested in discovering the Lao version of french toast rather than actually wanting french ... [full story]
May 8th 2008Asia » Laos
It doesn’t take long to settle into the languid lifestyle of Luang Prubang. The contrast with the bustling streets of Bangkok was stark as we boarded our large tuk-tuk and headed through th ... 8 photos[full story]
May 5th 2008Asia » Laos So after our horrible experience crossing the border we arrived at the 4,000 islands...which is a bunch of island in a river! Very beautiful but hard to apperciate at first because of the anger toward ... 15 photos[full story]
April 19th 2008Asia » Laos » West Laos is a really beautiful and amazing country. Carelessly I didn't plan my Vietnam visa very well and so I could have spent much longer in Laos but every extra day more than I'd planned was taking ti ... 71 photos[full story]
May 7th 2008Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane Just a another day in the office....
As you have most probably noticed I Romi have been kissed by a Muse and managed to catch up with our entries... It took a 2 days...
Thai visa
On Monday ... [full story]
May 4th 2008Asia » Laos » East » Phonsavan Phonsavan
We have arrived without any complications, only on the way there it was absolutely pissing it down. We had lovely welcoming committee waiting for us, and look they even have banners ...with ... 27 photos[full story]
May 7th 2008Asia » Laos » West » Ban Houayxay i am now in the Laos town of hoay xai, in the banks of the mekong river, opposite chiang khong in Thailand, to where i shall be taking the cross river ferry to tommorrow.
since my last blog, i spe ... 19 photos[full story]
May 2nd 2008Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang I liked Laos very much, although there is no coast. That is why I moved down to south Thailand, by bus and train: two nights and two days of traveling, quiet exhausting, but when I arrived in Au Nang ... 25 photos[full story]
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