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laos (vientiane, vang vieng & luang prubang)

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May 22nd 2007
to start things off, ruairi and i got 'done', by what the lonely planet refer to as 'the hanoi-vientiane bus scam'. unfortunately we were not aware of this scam until half way through the journey, when i picked up the scary planet and started reading about 'the scam' and thought hmm, this sounds familiar... were in the god damn middle of it! basically, we paid $25 each, to have an airconditioned ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Luang Prabang

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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