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Vientienne - The Capital

March 15th 2007
This blog by Lucas: Vientiane brought our time in laid-back Laos to a close. We spent just one night in this sweltering, riverside (the Mighty Mekong) city which may be the world's sleepiest capital. We got to witness a Lao pop video being filmed down on the Mekong, we had a great dinner of fried beef jerky, and we got up at sunrise to see Laos' most famous monument, Pha That Long. As for ... read more
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Lao or Laotian Flag 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 Pathe... ... read more
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