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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

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By Martin Hick
October 23rd 2008

Laos

Asia » Laos

Mekong Boat Trip

Laos, From North to South following the Mekong 23rd October, Dokkhoun Guesthouse, Pak Beng, Laos Thankfully we did not spend too long in the rooms and first thing in the morning it was time to get breakfast and head for the boat to Laos. Outside the guesthouse we were all loaded onto a pick up, I was riding in the back with the luggage and we were trying to pull up the tailgate as the driver set off. It turned out the pick-up was only taking us 200m up the road to the border post and boat terminal. Luckily we [View Full Entry]

By Becky and Mike
October 22nd 2008

Motorcycle Diaries

Asia » Laos » South » Pakxe

Our tour guides

So we took a sleper bus overnight from Vientiene to Pakse, in the south. Sleeper buses are great, all busses should be sleeper. It's basically bunks on a coach. Mike & I were in a double bunk on the bottom. What a way to travel. If aeroplanes were sleeper, the journey to Australia would be nothing. Although I guess it would be a bit awkward if you were traveling alone and had to share a bed with a total stranger! Arriving in Pakse we got a tuk-tuk to town and rather by accident checked into a pretty nice guest house. It [View Full Entry]

Calf with our moped outside the restaurant

By Fletchclough
October 22nd 2008

Last Day in Laos

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

So just a quick note before we leave for Thailand. Yesterday we did not a lot. Uploaded some photobox from Chiang Mai - Tigers & elephants. We had a lovely lunch - Tuna and then had some drinks overlooking the Mekong. Last night we went for dinner with Jazz and Donna who arrived at our guest house from Viang Vieng which was nice. Today we are chilling until 15:00 then the bus takes us to Thailand - Nong Khai and then we board the good old night train back to Bangkok. Keep the messages coming and we'll swap these for more [View Full Entry]

By Ped
October 21st 2008

Laos - Part II

Asia » Laos » North

Tubing
I believe this was a Tuesday at the end of October. what were you doing? ha ha

Whilst Luang Prabang and Phosavan were cultured and informative, Vang Vieng was nothing but a place to party. Despite arriving late on a Monday evening Ignacio, myself and the latest British additions to our group, Lucy and Clem, were eager to get out and have a few drinks. As with Luang Prabang, things closed early here but we managed to find a late bar imaginatively called the 'Late Bar' to finish off the jam packed day. The next day we went tubing - Vang Vieng's top attraction. We hired giant tractor inner tubes and after being dropped off upstream, gently floated [View Full Entry]

By Fletchclough
October 21st 2008

Vientiane Part 2

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

So yesterday we went to the oldest temple in Laos which has over 2000 Buddas - cool! we stopped for some air con and a drink and Chris bumped into 2 guys he used to go to uni with! -there was 3 of them in total - so we ended up spending the afternoon with them, playing pool. not much else to report. we have uploaded some Tiger Kingdon and Elephant trekking pics this morning too! Love Astrid x [View Full Entry]

By Fletchclough
October 20th 2008

Vientiane

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

Ok so thanks for all the comments - in the main Mum and Dad! I see you have been keeping yourselves busy since I left - also say hi to Bertie for me - he's obviously missing me. So yesterday we got up at 5:30 am to get ready for our 6 am pick up from the guest house. 06:30 came and went and then we started to ask where the tuk tuk was!!!! So finally at 08:30 the tuk tuk finally arrived and we made it to our bus for 09:00 - 10 hours later we arrived here in Vientiane. [View Full Entry]

By Fletchclough
October 20th 2008

photos!

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

ok so we have managed to upload some photos of Bangkok, Ayutthaya and the train - they are on a website called www.photobox.com i think youmay have to register to be able to see them - but let us know whether you can?! plus the website is good anyway! ciao xxxx [View Full Entry]

By Fletchclough
October 20th 2008

photo link

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

http://www.photobox.co.uk/album/74509660 photo link! [View Full Entry]

By hobo girl
October 20th 2008

Flights are such a luxury!

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

View From Plane Window
A view of us approaching Laos.

So aside from getting from Canada to Asia, we took our first flight of the trip on Oct 20th. We have taken many boats, buses, taxis, trains, night trains, and so on...but thankfully Dave and Laverne chose to fly from Hanoi, Vietnam to Luang Probang, Laos. The flight was only an hour or so. It was so nice to not feel like I had ran a marathon, hiked the Westcoast Trail, and gone Chirstmas shopping at the Eaton's Centre on Christmas eve when we arrived in Laos. An hour flight is nothing compared to a 40-something hour train, taxi, bus, taxi [View Full Entry]

Young Monks in Training, Luang Probang, Laos

By Becky and Mike
October 20th 2008

A quick stop for some good food

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

Buddha Park

And so, we left Vang Vieng in a tuk-tuk over a very bumpy road at great speeds. We arrived, an hour later, by the river where we met up with our guides and began our paddle downstream. It wasn't so hard, the kayak (which both Mike & I were in together) was light and the flow of the water did alot of the work. The weather was good, the scenery was nice - all in all very enjoyable. We went over a couple of exciting rapids, big enough to capsise if you weren't careful, but small enough to avoid doing so [View Full Entry]

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