Ban Nam Lai Travel Blogs

Africa

Antarctica

Asia

Central America Caribbean

Travel Blog » Asia » Laos » North » Ban Nam Lai

Ban Nam Lai Travel Blogs

Background: 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.

Laos

Map of Laos

Laos' Flag

Recommended Books:

Hostels in Laos
Latest Ban Nam Lai Blog Entries
Ban Nam Lai Photos

By momac
December 2nd 2007

Why should we have all the fun?

Asia » Laos » North » Ban Nam Lai

Part 2 of the previous journal - Why should it just be the tourists who get to take pictures? These were taken by various village kids of Ban Nam Lai using my camera. (The numbers don't mean anything, just you have to give the photo a title to be able to upload it) [View Full Entry]

Woman with traditional headdress and man with pants on his head

By momac
December 1st 2007

An Akha village wedding

Asia » Laos » North » Ban Nam Lai

Akha woman

I spent a couple of days trekking in northern Laos from Luang Nam Tha to a hill tribe village, Ban Nam Lai, where we spent the night. There were no roads at all to the village, so not even a motorbike there, and other than the odd Man Utd item, life there seemed to our European eyes to be unchanged from what it must have been like hundreds of years ago (although the villagers may well feel differently). The hill tribe was Akha, and fortunately for us we arrived on night 1 of a 3 day wedding celebration, which we were [View Full Entry]

Travel Blog » Asia » Laos » North » Ban Nam Lai