Braving the border crossing

Slow slow slow your boat

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March 30th 2007
To get into Laos and to our first destination there, Luang Prabang, we had decided to take a boat rather than the bumpy roads. We booked up a package with our hostel which pulls together all the parts of the trip. We set off on day 1 in a very posh air conditioned mini-van. This took us the 6 hours drive to Chiang Kong on the river and the border with Laos. Here we completed all the necessary ... read more

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more