the view from our balcony in vang vien

the departure

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June 6th 2007
hi everybody, so we've been in laos now for about 10 days, and its a beautiful country. even though it shares a boarder with thailand, the landscape seemed to change instantly once we crossed over. there are lots of mountains here, especailly up north where we started. we first went to muang sing, which is very close to the chinese boarder (we actually saw china! haha. we just didnt go). up the ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vientiane

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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