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Vietiane & Vang Vieng - Laos

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June 16th 2007
So we landed in Vietiane, Laos' capital city. Not that you would have any idea that its the slowly developing country's major city; the occasional car buzzes past to blow some dust in the faces of the numerous tuk-tuk drivers sleeping on their own back seats...the road "improvements" half-finished without a workman in sight....we liked it!! Unfortunately there was a distinct lack of things to do. ... read more

Asia » Laos » West » Vang Vieng

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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