Pha that Luang

Vientiane and last day in Laos

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May 21st 2007
Got up at a decent time having no excuse to sleep in (had an early night). Wondered down to get my plane ticket to Phnom Penh in Cambodia which was easy enough (cost me almost a million and half kip! - which works out about 70 pounds.) Then for the first time in ages I went to the house of fruit shakes for some breakfast and a fruit shake. The mango shake came very quickley but I had to wai ... 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