Presidential Palace

Vientiane day 1

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May 20th 2007
Got up and had a wonder around to see if I could find another guest house which was a bit livelier and didnt have a building site outside of it. Ended up finding a room in the first place I tried yesturday (nice family riun place by the river). So I checked in before collecting my stuff from the other place. I wondered up to the plaza hotel where there was a Vietnam airways office (to purch ... read more

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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 Pathe... ... read more